Intracerebral Hematoma
- 9 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 235 (6) , 641-643
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1976.03260320047029
Abstract
COMPUTERIZED tomographic (CT) scanning1has rapidly achieved wide acceptance, as evidenced by recent reports of the clinical usefulness of the technique.2-13Intracerebral hemorrhage has commanded particular attention because CT scanning permits clear localization and unequivocal characterization of the hemorrhage. A general description of the ACTA (automatic computerized transverse axial) scanner and early clinical results have been presented elsewhere8,9,11; our experience with intracerebral hemorrhage will be emphasized here. Methods and Materials The instrument's data output is only summarized, as more detailed descriptions are published separately.9,11The images of the scanned tissue slices are simultaneously displayed on both a color and black-and-white television monitor. The scans are composed of a matrix of squares (160 × 160), each of which corresponds to a tissue block 1.5×1.5×7.5 mm (7.5 mm is the thickness of the cross-sectional anatomic slice). A range of ACTA numbers on a scale from 0 to 2,048Keywords
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