CT Cerebral Blood Flow Maps Optimally Correlate With Admission Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Acute Stroke but Thresholds Vary by Postprocessing Platform
Kamalian S, Kamalian S, Maas MB, Goldmacher GV, Payabvash S, Akbar A, Schaefer PW, Furie KL, Gonzalez RG, Lev MH. CT Cerebral Blood Flow Maps Optimally Correlate With Admission Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Acute Stroke but Thresholds Vary by Postprocessing Platform. Stroke 2011, 42: 1923-1928. PMID: 21546490, PMCID: PMC3125441, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.610618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiffusion-weighted imagingCT perfusion parametersAcute strokeCT perfusionInfarct coreAdmission diffusion-weighted imagingPerfusion parametersCerebral blood flowCerebral blood flow mapsCerebral blood volumeCharacteristic curve analysisAdmission CT perfusionBlood flow mapsUninvolved hemisphere