Perfusion CT: Is it clinically useful?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Parsons, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

APHASIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; PERFUSION; RADIATION DOSAGE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949201691     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2008.00175.x     Document Type: Review

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