Cerebral blood flow tomography by single photon emission computerized tomography using /sup 133/Xe in cerebrovascular disease
Creators
- 1. Dept. of Clinical Physiology/Nuclear Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Description
Conventional single photon (gamma) emitting radioisotopes can be used to image regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) tomographically in man. The radioactive nucleide of xenon having an atomic weight of 133 daltons is quite widely used, because at the level of resolution studied, it distributes solely according to blood flow and solubility. This paper summarizes the technique of /sup 133/Xe tomography for DBF measurement with emphasis on the results obtained in patients with acute stroke. The approach is compared to other techniques for DBF tomography emphasizing practical aspects as patient acceptability, repeatability and costs, aspects that are important for wider usage both in clinical research and in routine clinical application to patients with cerebrovascular disease
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- S. Karger Publishers Inc.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Extracoronary atherosclerosis
- Journal Page Range
- p. 71-82.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19105392
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLOOD FLOW; CEREBRUM; DIAGNOSIS; DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; SINGLE PHOTON ECT; VASCULAR DISEASES; XENON 133
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; XENON ISOTOPES