Imaging of the brain and cerebral vasculature in patients with suspected stroke: Advantages and disadvantages of CT and MRI

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Kidwell, Chelsea S ^a   Hsia, Amie W ^b  

^a WHC Stroke Center   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31544450536     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-996-0003-1     Document Type: Review

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