Quantitative assessment of regional cerebral blood flows by perfusion CT studies at low injection rates: A critical review of the underlying theoretical models

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1220-1230

  Wintermark, M ^a   Maeder, P ^a   Thiran, J P ^a   Schnyder, P ^a   Meuli, R ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular models; Cerebral perfusion; Cerebrovascular disorders; Computer assisted image processing; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; XENON;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJECTION; MALE; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERFUSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE XENON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THEORY;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034879677     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000707     Document Type: Article

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