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An algorithm is described for detection and correction of airway contamination of clearance curves recorded extracranially during regional cerebral blood flow measurements with inert radioactive gases, mainly xenon-133.

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Airway artefact Cerebral blood flow Xenon-133 technique

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Quantitative Airway Artefact Compensation at Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements with Radioactive Gases

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