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A new tomographic technique for absolute measurements of white and gray matter blood flow

Risberg, Jarl LU ; Börjesson, Siv LU ; Ljunggren, Kaj LU ; Gustafson, Lars LU and Passant, Ulla LU (2004) The 8th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology
Abstract
Objective. Most methods for measurements of the regional cerebral blood flow are unable to provide absolute blood flow values. Until now interest has been focused on measurement of the gray matter blood flow, while the white matter blood flow has been rather neglected. The aim of the present project was to develop and evaluate an improved method for reliable tomographic measurements of absolute white and gray matter blood flow

Method. The new tomographic method (modified Xe-SPECT) is based on an extension of the period of 133Xe inhalation from one to eight minutes followed by 22 instead of four minutes of breathing of ambient air. This gives a markedly enhanced signal from the white matter and better basis for correct... (More)
Objective. Most methods for measurements of the regional cerebral blood flow are unable to provide absolute blood flow values. Until now interest has been focused on measurement of the gray matter blood flow, while the white matter blood flow has been rather neglected. The aim of the present project was to develop and evaluate an improved method for reliable tomographic measurements of absolute white and gray matter blood flow

Method. The new tomographic method (modified Xe-SPECT) is based on an extension of the period of 133Xe inhalation from one to eight minutes followed by 22 instead of four minutes of breathing of ambient air. This gives a markedly enhanced signal from the white matter and better basis for correct quantification of the blood flow. The arrival and clearance of the tracer are recorded by a three head gamma camera system that provides flow maps with a spatial resolution of about one cm.

Results The new method has been evaluated in 33 healthy younger and older (around 70 years) subjects as well as in a group of elderly patients with organic dementia. Our preliminary findings indicate that new and clinically valuable information is obtained by the improved Xe-SPECT method. (Less)
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Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Turku, Finland, August 26–29, 2004, 85
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The 8th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology
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2004-08-26 - 2004-08-29
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Radiation Physics, Lund (013034000), Division IV (013230800), Department of Psychology (012010000), Department of Psychogeriatrics (013304000)
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  abstract     = {{Objective. Most methods for measurements of the regional cerebral blood flow are unable to provide absolute blood flow values. Until now interest has been focused on measurement of the gray matter blood flow, while the white matter blood flow has been rather neglected. The aim of the present project was to develop and evaluate an improved method for reliable tomographic measurements of absolute white and gray matter blood flow<br/><br>
Method. The new tomographic method (modified Xe-SPECT) is based on an extension of the period of 133Xe inhalation from one to eight minutes followed by 22 instead of four minutes of breathing of ambient air. This gives a markedly enhanced signal from the white matter and better basis for correct quantification of the blood flow. The arrival and clearance of the tracer are recorded by a three head gamma camera system that provides flow maps with a spatial resolution of about one cm.<br/><br>
Results The new method has been evaluated in 33 healthy younger and older (around 70 years) subjects as well as in a group of elderly patients with organic dementia. Our preliminary findings indicate that new and clinically valuable information is obtained by the improved Xe-SPECT method.}},
  author       = {{Risberg, Jarl and Börjesson, Siv and Ljunggren, Kaj and Gustafson, Lars and Passant, Ulla}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Turku, Finland, August 26–29, 2004, 85}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{A new tomographic technique for absolute measurements of white and gray matter blood flow}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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