Stroke CT angiography (CTA)

Acute Ischemic Stroke

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-86

  Sheikh, Shams ^a   Gilberto Gonzalez R ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DRUG THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCANNING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUME(CBV); HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INTRACRANIAL CIRCULATION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; RECOMBINANT TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 46849120480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30810-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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