Acute ischemic infarction defined by a region of multiple hypointense vessels on gradient-echo T2* MR imaging at 3T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1227-1232

  Kaya, Dilaver ^a,b   Dincer A ^a   Yildiz, M E ^a   Cizmeli M O ^a   Erzen, C ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Kozyata i Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 67449116854     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1537     Document Type: Article

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