Abstract #0034

Comparison of CBF Measurement by ASL and SPECT in Patients with Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis.

Yoshito Uchihashi¹, Kohkichi Hosoda¹, Ivan Zimine², Atsushi Fujita¹, Satoshi Inoue¹, Hideo Aihara¹, Hideaki Kawamitsu³, Nobukazu Aoyama³, Hajime Aoki³, Masahiko Fujii³, Eiji Kohmura¹

¹Dept. of OrganTherapeutics, Neurosurgery, Kobe University graduate school of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; ²Philips Healthcare Japan; ³Dept. of Radiology, Kobe University graduate school of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

ASL tecknique provide quantative CBF measurement of brain perfusion in good agreement with SPECT which is already established method for making decision for Neurosurgical interventions.