CT Perfusion Mean Transit Time Maps Optimally Distinguish Benign Oligemia from True “At-Risk” Ischemic Penumbra, but Thresholds Vary by Postprocessing Technique
Kamalian S, Kamalian S, Konstas AA, Maas MB, Payabvash S, Pomerantz SR, Schaefer PW, Furie KL, González RG, Lev MH. CT Perfusion Mean Transit Time Maps Optimally Distinguish Benign Oligemia from True “At-Risk” Ischemic Penumbra, but Thresholds Vary by Postprocessing Technique. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2011, 33: 545-549. PMID: 22194372, PMCID: PMC3746025, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute stroke patientsLarge vessel occlusionBenign oligemiaStroke patientsIschemic penumbraCTP parametersRelative cerebral blood flowConsecutive stroke patientsHours of onsetCerebral blood flowMean transit time mapsCharacteristic curve analysisTransit time mapsUninvolved hemisphereRadiographic evidenceThrombolytic therapyFinal infarctVessel occlusionRelative MTTBlood flowCTP mapsPerfusion parametersOligemiaReperfusionPatients