Guidelines and recommendations for perfusion imaging in cerebral ischemia: A scientific statement for healthcare professionals by the Writing Group on Perfusion Imaging, from the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology of the American Heart Association

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1084-1104

  Latchaw, Richard E ^a   Yonas, Howard ^a   Hunter, George J ^a   Yuh, William T C ^a   Ueda, Toshihiro ^a   Sorensen, A Gregory ^a   Sunshine, Jeffrey L ^a   Biller, Jose ^a   Wechsler, Lawrence ^a   Higashida, Randall ^a   Hademenos, George ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statement; Procedures and tests; Stroke

Indexed keywords

IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER; XENON;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM; X RAY;

EID: 0037386075     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000064840.99271.9E     Document Type: Review

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