Early signs of acute middle cerebral artery ischemia in computerized tomography and diffusion weighted magnetic resonance

Polish Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Poniatowska, Renata ^a   Ryterski, Jarosław ^a   Bogusławska, Romana ^a   Sobczyk, Wanda ^a   Kobayashi, Adam ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Early findings; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34250614729     PISSN: 1733134X     EISSN: 18990967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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