Tracer delay-insensitive algorithm can improve reliability of ct perfusion imaging for cerebrovascular steno-occlusive disease: Comparison with quantitative single-photon emission CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Sasaki, M ^a,b   Kudo, K ^b   Ogasawara, K ^a   Fujiwara, S ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOFETAMINE I 123;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58249101218     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1274     Document Type: Article

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