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Noninvasive measurement of human spinal cord blood flow (SCBF) has not yet been established. The authors successfully measured human SCBF by using xenon and a CT scanner (Shuttle method). This method was clinically applied in 10 patients without spinal cord pathology. Mean SCBF of the normal adult at the C5 level was 42.3 ± 6.3 ml/ 100 g/min. CO2 reactivity in SCBF was also detected. This method may well be used in the clinical study of human SCBF.
