Interobserver agreement in perfusion computed tomography evaluation in acute ischaemic stroke

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-395

  Popiela, Tadeusz ^a   Pera, Joanna ^a   Chrzan, Robert ^a   Włoch, Dorota ^a   Urbanik, Andrzej ^a   Słowik, Agnieszka ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute; Computed tomography; Ischaemic stroke; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERFUSION; PERFUSION IMAGING; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57149139445     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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