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Editorial

. 2010 Nov;52(11):945-7.

doi: 10.1007/s00234-010-0765-7. Epub 2010 Sep 5.

Imaging tests in determination of brain death

Aad van der Lugt

PMID: 20820765
PMCID: PMC2952109
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0765-7

Editorial

Imaging tests in determination of brain death

Aad van der Lugt. Neuroradiology. 2010 Nov.

. 2010 Nov;52(11):945-7.

doi: 10.1007/s00234-010-0765-7. Epub 2010 Sep 5.

Author

Aad van der Lugt

PMID: 20820765
PMCID: PMC2952109
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0765-7

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Fig. 1 — Fig. 1
Six-millimeter maximum intensity projection in sagital plane of CTA images obtained 60 sec after contrast material injection. No enhancement of intracranial arteries is visible. Enhancement of a side branch of the external carotid artery (arrow) proves the correct injection and arrival of contrast material in the large neck arteries. Based on the criteria, brain death was confirmed

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
CTA images of a 7-year-old girl with brain death according to clinical criteria. Six-millimeter maximum intensity projection in coronal (a) and sagital (b) plane of CTA images obtained 60 sec after contrast material injection. The pericallosal arteries and the basialar artery are opacified. The internal cerebral veins, the great cerebral vein, and the straight sinus are not opacified. Based on the criteria, brain death cannot be confirmed

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