Transcranial optical monitoring of cerebrovascular hemodynamics in acute stroke patients

  • Turgut Durduran
  • , Chao Zhou
  • , Brian L. Edlow
  • , Guoqiang Yu
  • , Regine Choe
  • , Meeri N. Kim
  • , Brett L. Cucchiara
  • , Mary E. Putt
  • , Qaisar Shah
  • , Scott E. Kasner
  • , Joel H. Greenberg
  • , Arjun G. Yodh
  • , John A. Detrey

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Abstract

"Diffuse correlation spectroscopy" (DCS) is a technology for non-invasive transcranial measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) that can be hybridized with "near-infrared spectroscopy" (NIRS). Taken together these methods hold potential for monitoring hemodynamics in stroke patients. We explore the utility of DCS and NIRS to measure effects of head-of-bed (HOB) positioning at 30°, 15°, 0°, -5° and 0° angles in patients with acute ischemic stroke affecting frontal cortex and in controls. HOB positioning significantly altered CBF, oxy-hemoglobin (Hb02) and total-hemoglobin (THC) concentrations. Moreover, the presence of an ipsilateral infarct was a significant effect for all parameters. Results are consistent with the notion of impaired CBF autoregulation in the infarcted hemisphere.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3884-3902
Number of pages19
JournalOptics Express
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2 2009

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