Advanced imaging in acute stroke management-Part I: Computed tomographic

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-549

  Saini, Monica ^a   Butcher, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic angiography; Computed tomography; Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Perfusion computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PERFUSION; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72849109004     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.57791     Document Type: Review

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