Clinical application of perfusion computed tomography in neurosurgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 473-488

  Huang, Abel Po Hao ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b   Kuo, Lu Ting ^a   Lee, Chung Wei ^a   Lai, Hong Shiee ^a   Tsai, Li Kai ^a   Huang, Sheng Jean ^a   Chen, Chien Min ^c   Chen, Yuan Shen ^a   Chuang, Hao Yu ^d   Wintermark, Max ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Blood brain barrier; Perfusion CT

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PERFUSION IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893307908     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.10.JNS13103     Document Type: Article

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