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Differences in SUVR, fALFF, BC and the spatial voxel-wise SUVR-fALFF couplings of the epileptogenic network, consisting of default mode network (DMN) and thalamus, were evaluated by Mann-Whitney U test (using the false discovery rate [FDR] for multiple comparison correction). The top ten SUVR-fALFF couplings were selected by Fisher score to predict surgical outcomes using logistic regression model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results showed decreased SUVR-fALFF coupling in the bilateral middle frontal gyrus (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>FDR<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 0.0230, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>FDR<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 0.0296) in MR-HS patients compared to healthy controls. Coupling in the ipsilateral hippocampus was marginally increased (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>FDR<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 0.0802) in MR-HS patients along with decreased BC of metabolic covariance network and functional network (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>FDR<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 0.0152; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>FDR<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 0.0429). 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