State-of-the-art imaging of acute stroke

Radiographics

Volumn 26, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages

  Srinivasan, Ashok ^a,b   Goyal, Mayank ^a   Al Azri, Faisal ^a   Lum, Cheemun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250714896     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.26si065501     Document Type: Review

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