The Effect of Scan Duration on the Measurement of Perfusion Parameters in CT Perfusion Studies of Brain Tumors

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Yeung, Timothy Pok Chi ^a,b,c   Yartsev, Slav ^a,c   Bauman, Glenn ^a,c   He, Wenqing ^c   Fainardi, Enrico ^e   Lee, Ting Yim ^b,c,d  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; CT perfusion; Malignant glioma; Perfusion parameters; Scan duration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870868179     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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