Posts Tagged ‘perfusion’

Aunt Mickey (they look the same until you undress them). Meningioma or something else?

Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 669 views

A young African American woman presented with progressive left vision loss.  Brain MRI with contrast and perfusion studies were obtained.  The studies showed a dural-based lesion involving the lateral aspect of the left cavernous sinus [...]

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Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis

Posted on July 27th, 2009 by Akash Garg, University of North Carolina | 699 views

A 41-year-old female with history of migraine presented to the ED with acute onset of aphasia. In addition to the aphasia, there was numbness and tingling in the right arm and face. Patient demonstrated expressive [...]

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Validation and Standardization of Stroke Perfusion Methods

Posted on February 5th, 2009 by Michael Lev, MGH | 820 views

CTP and MRP acquisition hardware, protocols,  post processing, and interpretation vary widely between centers.  If we are to use these techniques for rational triage of acute stroke patients to appropriate treatment, validation and standardization is [...]

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