Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 851-856 , June 2007

Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging: Determination of Thresholds for the Identification of Critically Disturbed Perfusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke—A Pilot Study

  • Karsten Meyer-Wiethe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • ,
  • Hakan Cangür

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • ,
  • Angela Schindler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • ,
  • Christoph Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • ,
  • Günter Seidel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Günter Seidel, MD, Professor of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Department of Neurology, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany.

Received 2 November 2006 ,Revised 22 December 2006 ,Accepted 22 December 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00009-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.12.006

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 851-856 , June 2007

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