title: Perfusion imaging in brain disease.
abstract: Perfusion CT or MRI have been extensively developed over the last years and are accessible on most imaging machines. Perfusion CT has taken a major place in the assessment of a stroke. Its role has to be specified for the diagnosis and treatment of the vasospasm, complicating a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Perfusion MRI should be included in the assessment of any brain tumor, both at the time of the diagnosis as well as in the post-treatment monitoring. It is included in the multimodal approach required for the optimum treatment of this disease. The applications in epilepsy and the neurodegenerative diseases are in the evaluation process.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Grenoble, Cluni BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France; Grenoble institut des neurosciences, chemin Fortuné-Ferrini, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France. Electronic address: sgrand@chu-grenoble.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tahon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attye
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lefournier
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Le Bas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krainik
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D055420:Perfusion Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Brain; CT; MRI; Perfusion