Z-score Mapping Method for Extracting Hypoattenuation Areas of Hyperacute Stroke in Unenhanced CT

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Takahashi, Noriyuki ^a   Tsai, Du Yih ^a   Lee, Yongbum ^a   Kinoshita, Toshibumi ^b   Ishii, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; hypoattenuation; voxel by voxel analysis; z score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71049170555     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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