Reproducibility of dynamic computed tomography brain perfusion measurements in patients with significant carotid artery stenosis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-232

  Serafin, Z ^a   Kotarski, M ^a   Karolkiewicz, M ^a   Mindykowski, R ^a   Lasek, W ^a   Molski, S ^a   Gajdzinska M ^a   Nowak Nowacka, A ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Brain perfusion; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; ABSOLUTE VALUES; AFTER TREATMENTS; BLOOD FLOWS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOWS; CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUMES; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIAS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTER-OBSERVER VARIABILITIES; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; PRE TREATMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLOPE METHODS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; TIME TO PEAKS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD VOLUME; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61449212286     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802616760     Document Type: Article

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