Quantitative measurement of regional cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism in man using15O and positron emission tomography: Theory, procedure, and normal values

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1980, Pages 727-736

  Frackowiak, Richard S J ^a   Lenzi, Gian Luigi ^b   Jones, Terry ^a,b   Heather, Jon D ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood vessels; Cerebral metabolism; Emission computed tomography; Flow dynamics; Oxygen; Radioactive

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RADIOISOTOPE;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE O 15; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0019141576     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198012000-00001     Document Type: Article

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