Dose reduction in dynamic perfusion CT of the brain: Effects of the scan frequency on measurements of cerebral blood flow, cerebral blood volume, and mean transit time

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2967-2974

  Wiesmann, Martin ^a,e   Berg, Scott ^b   Bohner, G ^c   Klingebiel, R ^c   Schopf V ^a   Stoeckelhuber, B M ^b   Yousry, I ^a   Linn, J ^a   Missler, U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Evangelisches Krankenhaus Duisburg Nord   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Computed tomography; Perfusion CT; Perfusion imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC PERFUSION COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349109411     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1083-x     Document Type: Article

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