Hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign in multidetector computed tomography: Definition, occurrence, and reliability analysis

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Abul Kasim, Kasim ^a   Selariu, Eufrozina ^a   Brizzi, Marco ^a   Petersson, Jesper ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HMCAS; MCA attenuation; MCA ratio; MDCT; PACS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67249102389     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.51282     Document Type: Article

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