Accuracy of the Alberta stroke program early CT score during the first 3 hours of middle cerebral artery stroke: Comparison of noncontrast CT, CT angiography source images, and CT perfusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 931-936

  Lin, Ke ^a,c   Rapalino, O ^a   Law, M ^b   Babb, J S ^a   Siller, K A ^a   Pramanik, B K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43649084908     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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