Functional cluster analysis of CT perfusion maps: A new tool for diagnosis of acute stroke?

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-226

  Baumgartner, Christian ^a   Gautsch, Kurt ^b   Böhm, Christian ^c   Felber, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Cluster analysis; Computed tomography; Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAPS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PERFUSION IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PERFUSION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24044480993     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-004-1048-9     Document Type: Article

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