Ischemic findings of T2*-weighted 3-tesla MRI in acute stroke patients

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-375

  Morita, Naomi ^a   Harada, Masafumi ^a   Uno, Masaaki ^b   Matsubara, Shunji ^b   Matsuda, Tsuyoshi ^c   Nagahiro, Shinji ^b   Nishitani, Hiromu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c GE Yokogawa Medical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Magnetic resonance imaging, T2* weighted 3 T

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 50049102430     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151640     Document Type: Article

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