Effect of extended CT perfusion acquisition time on ischemic core and penumbra volume estimation in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to a large vessel occlusion.

It has been suggested that CT Perfusion acquisition times <60 seconds are too short to capture the complete in and out-wash of contrast in the tissue, resulting in incomplete time attenuation curves. Yet, these short acquisitions times are not uncommon in clinical practice. The purpose of this st...

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Main Authors: Jordi Borst, Henk A Marquering, Ludo F M Beenen, Olvert A Berkhemer, Jan Willem Dankbaar, Alan J Riordan, Charles B L M Majoie, MR CLEAN investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4366202?pdf=render