title: Non-invasive tumour perfusion measurement by dynamic CT: preliminary results.
abstract: In 18 patients the perfusion of a malignant head and neck tumour was estimated using contrast enhanced dynamic computed tomography. The mean estimated perfusion was 75.5 ml/100 g/min, varying between 27.9 and 131.9. Eleven patients were treated with radiation therapy; the obtained perfusion rates were significantly different between tumours with a favourable and those with an unfavourable early outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lambin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van den Bogaert
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haustermans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van der Goten
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed