Dynamic perfusion computerized tomography in cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A comparison with technetium-99m-labeled ethyl cysteinate dimer-single-photon emission computerized tomography

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 404-410

  Sviri, Gill E ^a   Mesiwala, Ali H ^b   Lewis, David H ^b   Britz, Gavin W ^b   Nemecek, Andrew ^b   Newell, David W ^b   Lam, Arthur ^b   Cohen, Wendy ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Computerized tomography; Perfusion computerized tomography; Single photon emission computerized tomography; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC PEFUSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33644653759     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.404     Document Type: Article

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