Quantitative assessment of cerebral hemodynamics using CT: Stability, accuracy, and precision studies in dogs

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 506-515

  Nabavi, Darius G ^a   Cenic, Aleksa ^a,b   Dool, Jayson ^d   Smith, Roger M L ^d   Espinosa, Francisco ^d   Craen, Rosemary A ^c   Gelb, Adrian W ^c   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Blood; Blood flow; Brain; Cerebral blood flow; Computed tomography; Techniques; Volume

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROSPHERES; TISSUE;

ANIMAL STUDIES; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUMES; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC CT; NORMAL TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; VOLUME;

BRAIN;

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032793705     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199907000-00003     Document Type: Article

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