BACKGROUND: The diagnostic value of perfusion CT in dementia patients was retrospectively evaluated in comparison to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The perfusion CT database of 55 subjects was investigated. All patients underwent an unenhanced, contrast-enhanced, and perfusion CT of the head. The clinical evaluation of the degree of dementia was performed with the MMSE. In the perfusion CT data, 24 ROI were marked. Then blood volume (BV), blood flow (BF), and mean transit time (MTT) were calculated and compared with the ipsilateral and contralateral regions and with the degree of dementia. RESULTS: With increasing degree of dementia, a significant decrease of the occipital and temporal BV was found. A significant decrease of the BF in the frontal lobe, basal ganglia, and occipital region was found. Concurrently, the MTT increased significantly in the basal ganglia region. The group with Alzheimer's disease showed significant regional hypoperfusion compared with the group of cognitively normal subjects in the frontal, basal ganglia, occipital, and temporal region. CONCLUSIONS: The cerebral perfusion decreased with increasing degree of dementia. The inexpensive and widely available perfusion CT reveals information about regional differences of cerebral perfusion, which may be useful in differentiating severity and types of dementia.
BACKGROUND: The diagnostic value of perfusion CT in dementiapatients was retrospectively evaluated in comparison to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The perfusion CT database of 55 subjects was investigated. All patients underwent an unenhanced, contrast-enhanced, and perfusion CT of the head. The clinical evaluation of the degree of dementia was performed with the MMSE. In the perfusion CT data, 24 ROI were marked. Then blood volume (BV), blood flow (BF), and mean transit time (MTT) were calculated and compared with the ipsilateral and contralateral regions and with the degree of dementia. RESULTS: With increasing degree of dementia, a significant decrease of the occipital and temporal BV was found. A significant decrease of the BF in the frontal lobe, basal ganglia, and occipital region was found. Concurrently, the MTT increased significantly in the basal ganglia region. The group with Alzheimer's disease showed significant regional hypoperfusion compared with the group of cognitively normal subjects in the frontal, basal ganglia, occipital, and temporal region. CONCLUSIONS: The cerebral perfusion decreased with increasing degree of dementia. The inexpensive and widely available perfusion CT reveals information about regional differences of cerebral perfusion, which may be useful in differentiating severity and types of dementia.
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