Hyperacute stroke: Ultrafast MR imaging to triage patients prior to therapy

Radiology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 325-332

  Sunshine, Jeffrey L ^a   Tarr, Robert W ^a   Lanzieri, Charles F ^a   Landis, Dennis M D ^a   Selman, Warren R ^a   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, infarction; Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), diffusion study; Magnetic resonance (MR), perfusion study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0032791676     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.2.r99au52325     Document Type: Article

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