Audit of a policy of magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion-weighted imaging as first-line neuroimaging for in-patients with clinically suspected acute stroke

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-237

  Buckley, B T ^a   Wainwright, A ^a   Meagher, Tom ^a   Briley, D ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CVA; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0037342824     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(02)00463-4     Document Type: Article

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