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Analysis of the gamma ray spectra recorded in the use of /sup 133/Xe for cerebral blood flow studies

Journal Article · · Stroke; (United States)
OSTI ID:6656343
A problem in the measurement of cerebral blood flow with /sup 133/Xe is the presence of extra-cerebral counts in the total counts recorded with a collimated gamma ray detector looking at the brain. A method of studying qualitatively the contribution of this extra-cranial component in patients is described. This entails the sequential accumulation of gamma ray spectra recorded during the clearance phase of /sup 133/Xe from the brain. It is shown that different CBF indices are obtained for various regions of the recorded gamma ray spectra. The principal component of the extra-cerebral counts at 15 minutes postinjection appears to be intra-cranial, and not the scalp as assumed previously in the spectrum subtraction method.
Research Organization:
Department of Radiation Physics, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England
OSTI ID:
6656343
Journal Information:
Stroke; (United States), Journal Name: Stroke; (United States) Vol. 13:4; ISSN SJCCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English