Accurate diagnosis of cerebral ischemia severity is crucial for clinical decision making. Laser speckle contrast imaging-based cerebral blood flow imaging can help assess the severity of cerebral ischemia by monitoring changes in blood flow.
Method:
In this study, we simulated hyperacute ischemia in rats, isolating arterial and venous flow-related signals from cortical vasculature. Pearson correlation was used to examine the correlation between damaged vessels. Granger causality analysis was used to investigate causality correlation in ischemic vessels.
Results:
Resting state analysis revealed a negative Pearson correlation between regional arteries and veins. Following cerebral ischemia induction, a positive artery–vein correlation emerged, which vanished after blood flow reperfusion. Granger causality analysis demonstrating enhanced causality coefficients for middle artery–vein pairs during occlusion, with a stronger left-right arterial effect than that of right-left, which persisted after reperfusion.
Conclusions:
These processing approaches amplify the understanding of cerebral ischemic images, promising potential future diagnostic advancements.
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