Diffusion tensor imaging correlates with lesion volume in cerebral hemisphere infarctions

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 1 Patient characteristics and lesion volumes

Sex	Age	TT	Location	Acute volume (mL)	Chronic volume (mL)
M	57	No	MCA, lower dorsal temporal lobe	0.00	2.48
M	73	No	MCA and ACA, peri callosum	2.92	21.45
M	66	No	MCA, dorsal frontal lobe and temporal lobe	7.71	70.46
F	57	No	MCA, upper temporal lobe	0.00	9.44
M	75	No	PCA, temporal occipital lobe	2.98	26.46
M	64	No	MCA, corona radiata	0.26	1.88
M	59	Yes	MCA, corona radiata	0.05	0.82
M	71	No	MCA, corona radiata, capsula externa	1.25	8.84
M	56	No	PCA, temporal occipital lobe, thalamus, corona radiata	2.19	51.12
M	46	No	MCA, corona radiata	0.35	1.34
M	59	Yes	PCA, occipital lobe	0.69	3.73
M	73	No	MCA, nucleus lentiformis	0.23	4.5
M	69	No	MCA, temporal lobe	0.33	84.96
M	55	Yes	PCA, occipital lobe	3.46	10.9
M	62	No	MCA, dorsal temporal lobe	1.87	27.31
M	70	Yes	MCA, corona radiata, capsula externa	0.09	0.82
M	64	No	MCA, temporal lobe	2.36	80.7
M	55	Yes	MCA, upper temporal lobe	1.49	15.99
F	77	Yes	MCA, corona radiata	0.02	0.54
M	66	No	Watershed, frontal lobe, frontoparietal border	0.25	2.85
M	78	No	Watershed, dorsal frontal lobe and parietal lobe	0.00	2.71
F	62	No	MCA, temporal lobe	0.00	0.57
F	62	Yes	MCA, corona radiata, capsula externa	0.22	1.18
M	73	No	MCA, corona radiata	0.48	1.67
M	62	No	MCA, corona radiata, capsula interna	0.36	0.89
M	78	No	MCA, corona radiata	0.35	0.57
F	79	No	MCA, temporal lobe	13.55	102.96
M	72	Yes	MCA, upper dorsal temporal lobe	4.05	37.06
F	75	No	MCA, corona radiata, capsula interna	0.00	0.76
M	52	No	MCA, corona radiata, capsula interna, nucleus caudatus, nucleus lentiformis	0.00	1.56
F	73	Yes	MCA, temporal lobe	2.15	14.06
M	75	Yes	PCA, cortical infarction	0.00	0.55
M	58	No	MCA, corona radiata, putamen, capsula externa; PCA, deep white matter	8.5	15.34

TT, Thrombolytic Therapy; MCA, Middle Cerebral Artery; ACA, Anterior Cerebral Artery; PCA, Posterior Cerebral Artery.

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