Safety and feasibility of a CT protocol for acute stroke: Combined CT, CT angiography, and CT perfusion imaging in 53 consecutive patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 688-690

  Smith, Wade S ^a   Roberts, Heidi C ^c   Chuang, Nathaniel A ^b   Ong, Kenneth C ^b   Lee, Theodore J ^b   Claiborne Johnston, S ^a   Dillon, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJECTION PAIN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAFETY; STROKE; TIME; VELOCITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345767508     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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