CT protocol for acute stroke: Tips and tricks for general radiologists

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1673-1687

  de Lucas, Enrique Marco ^a   Sánchez, Elena ^a   Gutiérrez, Agustín ^a   Mandly, Andrés González ^a   Ruiz, Eva ^a   Flórez, Alejandro Fernández ^a   Izquierdo, Javier ^a   Arnáiz, Javier ^a   Piedra, Tatiana ^a   Valle, Natalia ^a   Bañales, Itziar ^a   Quintana, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149306071     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.286085502     Document Type: Article

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