Effects of variations in the duration of diffusible-tracer infusions on calculated values of global and local cerebral blood flow.
Effects of variations in the duration of diffusible-tracer infusions on calculated values of global and local cerebral blood flow.
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扩散示踪剂输注持续时间的变化对整体和局部脑血流量计算值的影响。
DOI:
10.1007/bf01000246
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Duryea,RA
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作者:
Lear,JL;Kasliwal,R;Duryea,RA
Using dual tracer quantitative digital autoradiography and iodoantipyrine (IAP), we compared local cerebral blood flow (LCBF) measurements using two different infusion times within the same animal. Rats were given concurrent infusions of14C-IAP and123I-IAP; one tracer was administered over 20 seconds and the other over 40 seconds. Pairs of autoradiograms, one representing predominantly123I and the other14C, were then produced from 20 micron-thick brain sections and images from each section were digitized and processed to produce pairs of digital images of LCBF. The corresponding LCBF images were compared quantitatively on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Global LCBF values were greater (28%) at 20 seconds compared to 40 seconds, consistent with the previously reported “falling flow” phenomenon. Perhaps more importantly, the actual pattern of LCBF differed in certain regions such as the cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, and cerebellum between the two time points. In other words, the quantitative patterns of calculated LCBF values were dependent upon the duration of tracer infusion, even when the infusion times were kept below recommended limits (45 seconds). Thus, errors in LCBF measurements may occur in certain structures even in brief experiments. Because these errors are spatially dependent rather than blood flow dependent, there is presently no model which can be globally applied to the brain to correct them.