Computed tomography derived cervical fat-free muscle fraction as an imaging-based outcome marker in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a pilot study.

Narine MesropyanLouisa KhorsandianAnton FaronAlois M SprinkartFranziska DornDaniel PaechAlexander IsaakDaniel KuettingClaus C PieperAlexander RadbruchUlrike I AttenbergerJens ReimannFelix J BodeCornelia KornblumJulian Alexander Luetkens

Published in: BMC neurology (2023)

Cervical FFMF obtained from routine clinical CT might be a new imaging-based muscle quality biomarker for outcome prediction in stroke patients.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
computed tomography
high resolution
skeletal muscle
positron emission tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
adipose tissue
clinical practice
fatty acid
magnetic resonance
fluorescence imaging
photodynamic therapy
pet ct