The ABCs of Accurate Volumetric Measurement of Cerebral Hematoma
Author(s) -
Afshin A. Divani,
Shahram Majidi,
Xianghua Luo,
Fotis Souslian,
Jie Zhang,
Aviva Abosch,
Ramachandra P. Tummala
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.607861
Subject(s) - medicine , spiral computed tomography , hematoma , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , intracerebral hemorrhage , spiral (railway) , tomography , mean difference , significant difference , radiology , biomedical engineering , surgery , mathematics , confidence interval , mathematical analysis , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Both initial hematoma volume and hematoma growth are independent predictors of clinical outcomes and mortality among intracerebral hemorrhage patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of different computed tomography image acquisition protocols and hematoma volume measurement techniques.
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