Cerebral Blood Flow Measurement in Neurosurgery

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Mette, David ^a   Strunk, Rhonda ^b   Zuccarello, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide challenge; Brain perfusion imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral hemodynamics; Perfusion computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 79955719187     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-010-0064-y     Document Type: Review

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