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Changes of brain perfusion under anesthesia in humans – an explorative Arterial Spin Labeling study
Thomas Lindner1,2, Hajrullah Ahmeti3, Dana Voß3, Monika Huhndorf2, Friederike Austein1,2, Michael Helle4, Olav Jansen2, Michael Synowitz3, and Stephan Ulmer2,5
1Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 2Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, 3Neurosurgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, 4Tomographic Imaging Department, Philips Research Laboratories, Hamburg, Germany, 5Radiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Cerebral Blood Flow is reduced during anesthesia. Using Arterial Spin Labeling, non-invasive imaging of this phenomenon could be performed.
Figure 1: Exemplary case of a patient before (left column) and during anesthesia (right column)
Table 1: Main medication of the patients