Cerebral perfusion impairment correlates with the decrease of CT density in acute ischaemic stroke

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 716-722

  Kucinski, Thomas ^a   Majumder, Amitava ^a   Knab, René ^a   Naumann, Dirk ^a   Fiehler, Jens ^a   Väterlein, Ole ^a   Eckert, Bernd ^a   Röther, Joachim ^a   Zeumer, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Brain infarction; Computed tomography (CT); Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4644237599     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1226-y     Document Type: Article

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