Improved CT diagnosis of acute middle cerebral artery territory infarcts with density-difference analysis

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-131

  Bendszus, M ^a,b   Urbach, H ^b   Meyer, B ^b   Schultheiss R ^b   Solymosi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain, infarcts; Computed tomography, post processing; Early ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031024799     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050379     Document Type: Article

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