Computed tomography assessment of cerebral perfusion using a distributed parameter tracer kinetics model: Validation with H2(15)O positron emission tomography measurements and initial clinical experience in patients with acute stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-411

  Bisdas, Sotirios ^a   Donnerstag, Frank ^b   Berding, Georg ^b   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Thng, Choon Hua ^c   Koh, Tong San ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Perfusion CT; Positron emission tomography; Stroke; Tracer kinetic analysis

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KINETICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 38549129400     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600522     Document Type: Article

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