On the normalization of cerebral blood flow.

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is the most common parameter for the quantification of brain's function. Literature data indicate a widespread dispersion of values that might be related to some differences in the measurement conditions that are not properly taken into account in CBF evaluation. Using recent high-resolution imaging of the complete cortical microvasculature of primate brain, we perform extensive numerical evaluation of the cerebral perfusion. We show that blood perfusion associated with intravascular tracers should be normalized by the surface of the voxel rather than by its volume and we consistently test this result on the available literature data.

Citation

Romain Guibert, Caroline Fonta, François Estève, Franck Plouraboué. On the normalization of cerebral blood flow. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2013 May;33(5):669-72

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PMID: 23486290

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