Quantitative analysis of the loss of distinction between gray and white matter in comatose patients after cardiac arrest

MT Torbey, M Selim, J Knorr, C Bigelow, L Recht - Stroke, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Anecdotal reports suggest that a loss of distinction between gray
(GM) and white matter (WM) as adjudged by CT scan predicts poor outcome in comatose …

The density ratio of grey to white matter on computed tomography as an early predictor of vegetative state or death after cardiac arrest

SP Choi, HK Park, KN Park, YM Kim, KJ Ahn… - Emergency Medicine …, 2008 - emj.bmj.com
Objectives: To evaluate whether the ratio (in Hounsfield units; HU) of grey matter (GM) to
white matter (WM) on computed tomography (CT) scans taken within 24 h of resuscitation …

Prognostic values of gray matter to white matter ratios on early brain computed tomography in adult comatose patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac …

BK Lee, KW Jeung, KH Song, YH Jung, WJ Choi… - Resuscitation, 2015 - Elsevier
Aim of the study Previous studies found that the gray matter to white matter ratio (GWR) on
brain computed tomography (CT) could be used to predict poor outcomes in cardiac arrest …

Outcome prediction in patients after cardiac arrest: a simplified method for determination of gray–white matter ratio in cranial computed tomography

A Gentsch, C Storm, C Leithner, T Schroeder… - Clinical …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a frequent cause of death in Europe. Hypoxic
ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) often develops in initial survivors, and the question of …

Inter-scanner variability in Hounsfield unit measured by CT of the brain and effect on gray-to-white matter ratio

JH Oh, SP Choi, JH Wee, JH Park - The American journal of emergency …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose: The density ratio of gray matter (GM) to white matter (WM) on brain computed
tomography (CT)(gray-to-white matter ratio, GWR) helps predict the prognosis of comatose …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic value of gray–white matter ratio on brain computed tomography in adult comatose cardiac arrest survivors

GN Wang, XF Chen, JR Lv, NN Sun, XQ Xu… - Journal of the Chinese …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Recent studies suggested that the gray–white matter ratio (GWR) determined
from brain computed tomography (CT) scans may be a reliable predictor of poor …

Prognostic value of gray matter to white matter ratio in hypoxic and non-hypoxic cardiac arrest with non-cardiac etiology

BK Lee, WY Kim, J Shin, JS Oh, JH Wee… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose This study evaluated the prognostic performance of the gray to white matter ratio
(GWR) on brain computed tomography (CT) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) …

Automated assessment of brain CT after cardiac arrest—an observational derivation/validation cohort study

M Kenda, M Scheel, A Kemmling, N Aalberts… - Critical Care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Prognostication of outcome is an essential step in defining therapeutic goals
after cardiac arrest. Gray-white-matter ratio obtained from brain CT can predict poor …

The prognostic value of gray-white-matter ratio in cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia

M Scheel, C Storm, A Gentsch, J Nee… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Mild therapeutic hypothermia alters the validity of a number of parameters
currently used to predict neurological outcome after cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Thus …

Timing of brain computed tomography and accuracy of outcome prediction after cardiac arrest

KJ Streitberger, C Endisch, CJ Ploner, R Stevens… - Resuscitation, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim Gray–white-matter ratio (GWR) calculated from head CT is a radiologic index of tissue
changes associated with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest (CA) …