Gupta Rishi, Jovin Tudor G, Yonas Howard
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2005 Aug;15(3):531-42, x. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2005.08.007.
Acute stroke therapy is evolving rapidly as research moves toward extending the time window for treatment so that more patients can benefit. As physiology-based imaging increasingly is used in patient selection, it is becoming evident that rigid time windows are not applicable to individual patients. Xenon CT has an important role in acute stroke therapeutic intervention as a quantitative, reproducible, rapid, and safe modality, which can provide valuable physiologic data that can optimize patient triage and aid in management.
