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American Journal of Neuroradiology 26:1095-1100, May 2005
© 2005 American Society of Neuroradiology

BRAIN

Relationship between Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension and CT Perfusion: Feasibility and Initial Results

J. Claude Hemphill, III^a, Wade S. Smith^a, D. Christian Sonne^b, Diane Morabito^c,e and Geoffrey T. Manley^d,e

^a Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
^b Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco
^c Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
^d Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco
^e San Francisco Injury Center

Address reprint requests to J. Claude Hemphill III, MD, Department of Neurology, Room 4M62, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Monitoring of intraparenchymal brain tissue oxygen tension (P_brO₂) is an emerging tool in neurocritical care. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between CT perfusion (CTP) imaging parameters and P_brO₂.

METHODS: Nineteen patients underwent continuous P_brO₂ monitoring with probes placed to target white matter in the cerebral hemisphere. Twenty-two CTP studies were performed at the level of the oxygen electrode, as identified on concurrent nonenhanced CT. CTP analysis software was used to measure mean transit time (MTT) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) and to derive cerebral blood flow (CBF) for a region of interest (ROI) surrounding the oxygen probe. For correlation, P_brO₂ levels and other physiologic parameters were recorded at the time of CTP.

RESULTS: P_brO₂ values at the time of CTP were 2.7–54.4 mm Hg, MTT was 1.86–5.79 seconds, CBV was 1.18–8.76 mL/100 g, and CBF was 15.2–149.2 mL/100 g/min. MTT but not CBV or CBF was correlated with P_brO₂ (r = –0.50, P = .017). MTT, CBV, or CBF were not correlated with other physiologic parameters, including mean arterial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, intracranial pressure, and fraction of inspired oxygen. On multivariable analysis, only P_brO₂ was independently associated with MTT.

CONCLUSION: CTP assessment of ROI surrounding an oxygen probe in the intraparenchymal brain tissue is feasible and showed a significant correlation between P_brO₂ and MTT. Further studies are warranted to determine the role of CTP in assessing acute brain injury and whether it can be used to prospectively identify brain regions at risk for tissue hypoxia that should be targeted for advanced neuromonitoring.

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