Diffusion- and Perfusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Acute Stroke: Principles, Methods, and Applications

Imaging Decisions MRI

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 4-12

  Heiland, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Diffusion; MR imaging; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROKE;

EID: 0346252179     PISSN: 14333317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1433-3317.2003.mri070402.x     Document Type: Article

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