Validation of transcranial doppler with CT angiography in cerebral ischaemia: A preliminary pilot study in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 402-405

  Rathakrishnan, Rahul ^a   Berne, Yeh I ^a   Quek, Keng K ^a   Hong, Chiew S ^a   Ong, Benjamin K C ^a   Chan, Bernard P L ^a   Sharma, Vijay K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischaemia; CT angiography; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 45249085483     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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