Acute stroke: Improved nonenhanced CT detection - Benefits of soft-copy interpretation by using variable window width and center level settings

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 150-155

  Lev, Michael H ^a   Farkas, Jeffrey ^a   Gemmete, Joseph J ^a   Hossain, Syeda T ^a   Hunter, George J ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, CT; Brain, infarction; Brain, ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0032886998     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.1.r99oc10150     Document Type: Article

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