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Multisection Dynamic CT Perfusion for Acute Cerebral Ischemia: The "Toggling-table" Technique

Heidi C. Roberts^a, Timothy P. L. Roberts^a, Wade S. Smith^a, Theodore J. Lee^a, Nancy J. Fischbein^a and William P. Dillon^a

^a From the Department of Radiology (H.C.R., T.P.L.R., T.J.L., N.J.F., W.P.D.) and the Department of Neurology (W.S.S.), University of California–San Francisco.

View larger version (85K): [in a new window]   FIG 1. The CT perfusion maps of a patient with an acute onset of a right-sided weakness (patient 2 in the Table). Noncontrast CT scan was negative for acute infarct signs. The infarcted area is covered only on the most superior location (sections 3 and 4) of the four sections from the toggling-table technique (arrows) and would have been missed if a single section location (eg, at the level of the third ventricle) would have been chosen