CT perfusion source images improve identification of early ischaemic change in hyperacute stroke

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-205

  Pepper, Elizabeth M ^a   Parsons, Mark W ^a   Bateman, Grant A ^a   Levi, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CT perfusion; Diagnostic accuracy; Ischaemic stroke; Non contrast CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644535818     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.03.030     Document Type: Article

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