Acute ischemic stroke: Accuracy of diffusion-weighted MR imaging - Effects of b value and cerebrospinal fluid suppression

Radiology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 232-239

  Chen, Philip E ^a   Simon, Jessica E ^a,b   Hill, Michael D ^a,b,c   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a,b,d   Dickhoff, Peter ^b   Morrish, William F ^b   Sevick, Robert J ^a,b   Frayne, Richard ^a,b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUID INVERSION PREPARED DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29444460978     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2381041113     Document Type: Article

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