In this chapter, we review state-of-the-art non-invasive techniques to monitor and study
cerebral circulation in humans. The measurement methods can be divided into two …

The ability to measure the metabolism and blood flow of the human brain provides both
clinicians and neuroscientists a valuable array of observations with regard to normal brain …

A variety of methods for measuring cerebral blood flow have been developed in the past 25
years since Kety and Schmidt developed their method based on the Fick principle. None of …

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) measures are used in clinical settings to diagnose conditions (eg,
vasospasms, sickle cell disease, stroke, dementia, confirmation of brain death), as well as in …

The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of absolute cerebral blood flow (CBF)
measurements obtained by dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) near-infrared spectroscopy …

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral autoregulation (CA) are critically important to
maintain proper brain health and function. As compared to current methods techniques to …

This book contains 46 chapters divided among nine sections. The section titles are:
Historical Perspectives; Cerebrovascular Anatomy; Cerebrovascular Physiology; Methods of …

Brain is a unique organ of the body that receives highest amount of cardiac output and
totally depend on the blood supply for its survival and no reserve of blood flow making it …

The modern era of quantitative studies of cerebral blood flow and energy metabolism in vivo
began approximately 40 years ago with the development of suitable methods that were …

• Knowledge of the physiology and pathophysiology of cerebral blood flow (CBF) is essential
to the proper treatment of patients with major intracranial disease. Yet much of the existing …