CT in acute stroke: Improved detection of dense intracranial arteries by varying window parameters and performing a thin-slice helical scan

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 900-906

  Gadda, D ^a   Vannucchi, L ^a   Niccolai, F ^a   Neri, A T ^a   Carmignani, L ^a   Pacini, P ^a  

^a Ospedale del Ceppo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute inchaemic stroke; Computed tomography; Dense middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036939552     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0848-1     Document Type: Article

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