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Perfusion CT: Technical Aspects

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Perfusion CT is a high temporal resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced CT imaging technique that enables us to evaluate the functional blood supply to an organ or tissue of interest. This technique was first described in the 1970s, but it has reached its clinical potential in recent years due to a recognised clinical need in stroke and oncology and technological advances in acquisition and post-processing methods that have facilitated its clinical implementation. Qualitative and quantitative parameters derived from perfusion CT facilitate therapeutic triage and enable downstream treatment effects on the vasculature to be assessed. This chapter discusses the principles of perfusion CT and its clinical implementation.

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  1. Imaging 2, Level 1, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    Vicky Goh

  2. Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London, London, UK

    Vicky Goh & Davide Prezzi

  3. Department of Radiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK

    Vicky Goh & Davide Prezzi

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  1. Department of Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Konstantin Nikolaou

  2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Fabian Bamberg

  3. Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine, “Sapienza” – University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Laghi

  4. Department of Radiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Geoffrey D. Rubin

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Goh, V., Prezzi, D. (2017). Perfusion CT: Technical Aspects. In: Nikolaou, K., Bamberg, F., Laghi, A., Rubin, G.D. (eds) Multislice CT. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2017_9

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