Research findings of a new computer program that predicts the chances of brain cells dying as the result of a stroke appear in the April issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The computer software, which uses artificial intelligence techniques, rapidly combines several new types of images obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into a map of the brain that allows physicians to assess the risk of brain damage with high specificity and sensitivity.
A. Gregory Sorensen, MD, associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and senior author of the report, said the program allows physicians to almost immediately analyze data that previously took up to 30 minutes to assess. "In treating stroke, every minute is crucial in limiting permanent brain damage," he said.
The computer breaks the advanced MRI brain scan into distinct cubes about one tenth of an inch in diameter. Two key . . . [Full Text of this Article]
