... imaging. Infarct lesions were determined volumetrically in MRI prior to treatment and after 4 days. Results: Patients were severely affected (median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale 14) and had significantly larger perfusion (PWI) than diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) lesion volumes. Ten...

... to the minimal value of the healthy hemisphere belonged to the early hyperdense lesion, while the voxels representing the late gliotic lesion parts lay left of the maximal value of the healthy hemisphere. Lesion volume was then calculated by addition of all voxels containing the lesion of all affected slices...