Local cerebral blood flow alterations (Xe-CT method) in an accident victim.
Computed tomography was used before and during inhalation of nonradioactive xenon gas to measure and map local cerebral blood flow noninvasively at two PaCO2 levels in a 19-year-old accident victim. The technique demonstrated normal response to elevated PaCO2 with only a regional loss of autoregulation.
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014978:Xenon
D014978:Xenon