Brain death. The definition of brain death has been a subject ofconsiderable discussion in
the literature (2). When cardiopulmonary processes are artificially main tamed, neurological …

Because clinically brain dead trauma patients with cer ebral uptake of99mTc@ HMPAOmay
survive (9), the judge ment of imminence of brain death can be dangerous. Consideration …

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured by portable radionuclide cerebral imaging (RCI)
and by four-vessel cerebral contrast arteriography in 15 clinically brain-dead patients …

Abstract Tc-99m hexamethylpropylene (HMPAO) brain imaging for brain death has been
well established and criteria for brain death include: absent flow through internal carotid …

Since 1969, we have been using intravenous (IV) radionuclide cerebral angiography (RCA)
as a confirmatory test for brain death in both children and adults (Goodman and Heck, 1977; …

CEREBRAL radionuclide angiography or angioscintigraphy was once a common diagnostic
procedure, generally as an integral part of nuclear brain scanning. In recent years, however …

Determination of brain death in infants and children is difficult and criteria used in adult brain
death are regarded insufficient in pediatric cases. In comatose children, clinical signs of …

In this issue, an excellent review is published on the imaging findings in non-neonatal
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy [1]. The authors also go into detail on imaging “brain …

We evaluated a radionuclide scintigraphic technique for imaging relative cerebral perfusion
in 18 children who had no evidence of cortical and brainstem function. Patients without …

The concept of “brain death” was introduced to medicine in the second half of the 20th
century, when technological advancements began to allow sustaining cardiorespiratory …