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Comparison of Xe‐CT/CBF and quantitative ECD‐SPELT
Author(s) -
Yamashita Tetsuo,
Nagatsugu Yoshio,
Ishihara Hideyuki,
Shiroyama Yujiro,
Wakuta Yukio,
Kashiwagi Shiro
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00531.x
Subject(s) - thalamus , cerebral blood flow , emission computed tomography , single photon emission computed tomography , nuclear medicine , posterior cerebral artery , medicine , computed tomography , tomography , radiology , middle cerebral artery , cardiology , positron emission tomography , ischemia
We compared stable xenon enhanced X‐ray computed tomography (Xe‐CT) with Technetium‐99m ethylsteinate dimer single‐photon emission computed tomography (ECD‐SPECT) in 12 patients. We evaluated the cerebral blood flow (CBF) values in the territory of the anterior, middle and posterior cerebral artery, and in the thalamus. The CBF values were higher in ECD‐SPECT than in Xe‐CT except for the values of the thalamus. The posterior cerebral artery territory showed a lower correlation and the thalamus had no correlation between two methods. We discussed causes of these differences.