Imaging of acute stroke: State of the art

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-205

  Ahmed, Manzoor ^a   Masaryk, Thomas J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SCINTIGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042827113     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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