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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2018

A Volumetric Method for Quantification of Cerebral Vasospasm in a Murine Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Axel Neulen, Michael Kosterhon, Tobias Pantel, Stefanie Kirschner, Hermann Goetz, Marc A Brockmann, Sven R Kantelhardt, Serge C Thal

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Axel NeulenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University; axel.neulen@unimedizin-mainz.de.
Michael KosterhonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University.
Tobias PantelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University.
Stefanie KirschnerDepartment of Neuroradiology, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University.
Hermann GoetzPlatform for Biomaterial Research, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University.
Marc A BrockmannDepartment of Neuroradiology, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University.
Sven R KantelhardtDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University.
Serge C ThalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University; thal@uni-mainz.de.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEUniversity Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a subtype of hemorrhagic stroke. Cerebral vasospasm that occurs in the aftermath of the bleeding is an important factor determining patient outcome and is therefore frequently taken as a study endpoint. However, in small animal studies on SAH, quantification of cerebral vasospasm is a major challenge. Here, an ex vivo method is presented that allows quantification of volumes of entire vessel segments, which can be used as an objective measure to quantify cerebral vasospasm. In a first step, endovascular casting of the cerebral vasculature is performed using a radiopaque casting agent. Then, cross-sectional imaging data are acquired by micro computed tomography. The final step involves 3-dimensional reconstruction of the virtual vascular tree, followed by an algorithm to calculate center lines and volumes of the selected vessel segments. The method resulted in a highly accurate virtual reconstruction of the cerebrovascular tree shown by a diameter-based comparison of anatomical samples with their virtual reconstructions. Compared with vessel diameters alone, the vessel volumes highlight the differences between vasospastic and non-vasospastic vessels shown in a series of SAH and sham-operated mice.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSubarachnoid HemorrhageVasospasm, IntracranialX-Ray Microtomography

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PMID30102288
PMCPMC6126573
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