2012
Reliability of cerebral blood volume maps as a substitute for diffusion‐weighted imaging in acute ischemic stroke
deIpolyi A, Wu O, Macklin E, Schaefer P, Schwamm L, Gonzalez R, Copen W. Reliability of cerebral blood volume maps as a substitute for diffusion‐weighted imaging in acute ischemic stroke. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2012, 36: 1083-1087. PMID: 22761110, PMCID: PMC4110961, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23740.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiffusion-weighted MRIAcute ischemic strokeCerebral blood volume mapsBlood volume mapsCBV mapsDWI lesionsIschemic strokeProportion of lesionsScan durationDiffusion-weighted imagingAcute strokeStroke onsetInfarct coreContralateral hemisphereRegional CBVMR perfusionVolume mapsLesion centerLesionsCBVStrokeShort durationPerfusionDurationLinear regression
2008
Quantitative Assessment of Core/Penumbra Mismatch in Acute Stroke
Schaefer P, Barak E, Kamalian S, Gharai L, Schwamm L, Gonzalez R, Lev M. Quantitative Assessment of Core/Penumbra Mismatch in Acute Stroke. Stroke 2008, 39: 2986-2992. PMID: 18723425, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.107.513358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCT perfusionPatient selectionInfarct coreAcute middle cerebral artery strokeMiddle cerebral artery strokePreferred imaging methodStroke clinical trialsAcute strokeArtery strokeStroke trialsTrial enrollmentClinical trialsLesion volumeMR perfusionIschemic regionBlood volumeTime abnormalitiesVolume thresholdLesion sizeQuantitative CTPerfusionAdvanced MRCT coverageLesionsMR diffusion