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Computed Tomography Angiography and Perfusion Imaging of Acute Stroke

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Cerebral Blood Flow

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care Medicine ((UICMSOFT,volume 37))

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The traditional thrust of diagnostic radiology has been in the evaluation of tissue structure and the changes in structure that may result from a variety of pathologies. However, with increasing sophistication and power of digital computers coupled with technological advances in imaging methods, it has become routinely possible to image organ function, and in particular vascular physiology, at the same time as providing traditional anatomical information. These developments have brought a wholly new dimension to the practice of neurology, neuroradiology and neurosurgery. We can now routinely investigate the fundamental changes underlying cerebrovascular disease; that is we can demonstrate vascular physiology as exemplified by bulk blood flow and parenchymal or tissue perfusion.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    George Hunter MD (Assistant Professor of Radiology), Leena M. Hamberg PhD (Assistant Professor of Radiology), Michael H. Lev MD (Instructor in Radiology) & Ramon Gilberto Gonzales MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Radiology)

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Hunter, G., Hamberg, L.M., Lev, M.H., Gonzales, R.G. (2003). Computed Tomography Angiography and Perfusion Imaging of Acute Stroke. In: Cerebral Blood Flow. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56036-1_12

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