Can the ischemic penumbra be identified on noncontrast CT of acute stroke?

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2485-2490

  Muir, Keith W ^a   Baird Gunning, Jonathan ^a   Walker, Leighton ^b   Baird, Tracey ^b   McCormick, Michael ^a   Coutts, Shelagh B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Perfusion CT; Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548277932     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484592     Document Type: Article

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