Differentiation of white, mixed, and red thrombi: value of CT in estimation of the prognosis of thrombolysis phantom study.

Purpose: To test with serial computed tomographic (CT) scans whether white, mixed, and red thrombi could be differentiated according to their CT attenuation.

Materials And Methods: Platelet-enriched plasma and whole blood were mixed to produce samples with hematocrit levels of 0, 0.005, 0.