Middle cerebral artery (MCA) susceptibility sign at susceptibility-based perfusion MR imaging: Clinical importance and comparison with hyperdense MCA sign at CT

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 476-482

  Flacke, Sebastian ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a   Keller, Ewald ^a   Träber, Frank ^a   Hartmann, Alexander ^a   Textor, Jochen ^a   Gieseke, Juergen ^b   Block, Wolfgang ^a   Folkers, Paul J M ^b   Schild, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels, MR; Brain, CT; Brain, infarction; Brain, MR; Computed tomography (CT) comparative studies; Embolism; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), diffusion study; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034003818     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma09476     Document Type: Article

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