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A New Method for Quantitative Regional Cerebral Blood Volume Measurements Using Computed Tomography
From the Department of Neurological Surgery (J.P.M.), University of California, Davis, Sacramento, Calif, and the Department of Radiology (P.P.F.), Division of Neurosurgery (J.P.M., M.L.S.), Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Correspondence to J. Paul Muizelaar, MD, PhD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, 2516 Stockton Blvd, Suite 254, Sacramento, CA 95817.
Background and Purpose Knowledge of cerebral blood volume (CBV) is invaluable in identifying the primary cause of brain swelling in patients with stroke or severe head injury, and it might also help in clinical decision making in patients thought to have hemodynamic transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). This investigation is concerned with the development and clinical application of a new method for quantitative regional CBV measurements.
Methods The technique is based on consecutive measurements of cerebral blood flow (CBF) by xenon/CT and tissue mean transit time (MTT) by dynamic CT after a rapid iodinated contrast bolus injection. CBV maps are produced by multiplication of the CBF and MTT maps in accordance with the Central Volume Principle: CBV=CBFxMTT. The method is rapid and easily implemented on CT scanners with the xenon/CBF capability. It yields CBV values expressed in milliliters of blood per 100 grams of tissue.
Results The method was validated under controlled physiological conditions causing changes that were determined both with our technique and from pressure-volume index (PVI) measurements. The two independent estimates of CBV changes were in agreement within 15%. CBV measurements using this method were carried out in normal volunteers to establish baseline values and to compare with values using the ratio-of-areas method for calculating both CBF and CBV from the dynamic study alone. Average CBV was 5.3 mL/100 g. The method was also applied in 71 patients with severe head injuries and in 1 patient with hemodynamic TIAs.
Conclusions The primary conclusions from this study were (1) the proposed method for measuring CBV accurately determines changes in CBV; (2) the MTTxCBF determinations are in agreement with the ratio-of-areas method for CBV measurements in normal volunteers and are consistent with other methods reported in the literature; (3) MTTs are significantly prolonged early after severe head injury, which when combined with the finding of decreased CBF and increased arteriovenous difference of oxygen indicates increased cerebrovascular resistance due to narrowing of the microcirculation consistent with the presence of early ischemia; and (4) CBV in the patient with TIAs was increased in the hemisphere with the occluded internal carotid artery, indicating compensatory vasodilation and probable hemodynamic cause.
Key Words: cerebral blood volume • cerebral blood flow • tomography, emission computed • intracranial pressure • diagnostic imaging
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