Cihat Eldeniz1, Yueh Lee2,
Jeffrey Keith Smith2, Tyler B. Jones2, Weili Lin2,3,
Sten Solander2, James Faber4, Hongyu An2
1Biomedical Engineering, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 2Department of
Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 3Department
of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 4Department
of Cell & Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC, United States
In this study, we have shown that an integration of CBF, MTT and Tmax obtained from DSC data can be utilized in detecting collateral supply to ischemic tissue. Our findings are in agreement with the gold standard DSA assessment in human stroke patients.