The approximate planimetric method: A simple, rapid and reliable method for estimation of lesion size in acute ischemic stroke

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 164-165

  Hasselblatt, Martin ^a,b   Stiefel, Michael ^a   Rustenbeck, Hans Heino ^a   Breiter, Norbert ^a   Grabbe, Eckhardt ^a   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Ischemic stroke; Magnetic resonance imaging; Planimetry

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0037844931     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0924-6     Document Type: Article

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