Hyperacute ischemic stroke: Middle cerebral artery susceptibility sign at echo-planar gradient-echo MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 466-473

  Rovira, Alex ^a   Orellana, Patricia ^a   Alvarez Sabín, Jose ^a   Arenillas, Juan F ^a   Aymerich, Xavier ^a   Grivé, Elisenda ^a   Molina, Carlos ^a   Rovira Gols, Antoni ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arteries, middle cerebral; Brain, infarction; Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242754932     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2322030273     Document Type: Article

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