Optimisation of vascular input and output functions in CT-perfusion imaging using 256(or more)-slice multidetector CT

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1242-1249

  Niesten, Joris M ^a   Van Der Schaaf, Irene C ^a   Riordan, Alan J ^a   De Jong, Hugo W A M ^a   Mali, Willem P T M ^a   Velthuis, Birgitta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Computed tomography; Infarction; Neurological diagnostic techniques; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; VENOUS OUTPUT FUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877136187     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2731-8     Document Type: Article

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