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Table 2 RCBF measurements from PET and perfusion CT scanning

From: Brain perfusion CT compared with15O-H2O-PET in healthy subjects

  

PET

COV

CT

COV

ΔCBF

 

Side

ROI

Mean ± SD

%

Mean ± SD

%

Mean ± SD

p Value

Right

Caudate nucleus

48.7 ± 6.3

12.9

71.6 ± 10.1

14.2

22.9 ± 12.2

< 0.05

 

Putamen

50.5 ± 7.1

14

73.9 ± 13.9

18.7

21.5 ± 13.9

< 0.05

 

Frontal cortex

49.4 ± 6.8

13.7

74.4 ± 9.1

12.3

25.0 ± 9.3

< 0.05

 

Parietal cortex

45.0 ± 6.7

14.9

72.0 ± 8.5

11.8

27.1 ± 10.7

< 0.05

 

Occipital cortex

45.1 ± 5.7

12.7

68.5 ± 15.5

22.7

23.4 ± 15.3

< 0.05

 

Anterior white matter

17.6 ± 3.0

17.1

18.9 ± 5.2

27.7

1.3 ± 5.9

NS

 

Posterior white matter

18.0 ± 2.5

14.1

22.5 ± 4.2

18.7

4.5 ± 3.7

< 0.05

Left

Caudate nucleus

49.7 ± 4.9

9.9

69.6 ± 10.7

15.4

19.9 ± 10.6

< 0.05

 

Putamen

51.3 ± 5.1

10

73.0 ± 11.9

16.4

19.9 ± 11.8

< 0.05

 

Frontal cortex

51.5 ± 6.3

12.3

73.3 ± 9.2

12.6

21.8 ± 8.7

< 0.05

 

Parietal cortex

46.8 ± 5.5

11.8

73.3 ± 8.3

11.4

26.5 ± 8.7

< 0.05

 

Occipital cortex

46.4 ± 7.2

15.6

67.1 ± 15.9

23.7

20.6 ± 14.0

< 0.05

 

Anterior white matter

18.4 ± 2.9

15.5

23.2 ± 3.9

17

4.8 ± 4.8

< 0.05

 

Posterior white matter

16.5.± 2.0

12

22.7 ± 4.4

19.4

6.2 ± 4.3

< 0.05

 

Volume weighted white matter

17.4 ± 2.0

11.7

21.8 ± 3.4

15.8

4.4 ± 3.3

< 0.05

 

Volume weighted grey matter

48.7 ± 5.0

10.4

71.8 ± 8.0

11.2

23.1 ± 8.5

< 0.05

  1. CBF, cerebral blood flow; PET, positron-emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; ROI, region of interest; SD, standard deviation; COV, coefficient of variance; NS, non-significant. N = 12. RCBF units are in millilitre per minute per 100 g. The p values are Bonferroni-corrected.