Reperfusion phenomenon masking acute and subacute infarcts at dynamic perfusion CT: Confirmation by fusion of CT and diffusion-weighted MR images

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1629-1638

  Nagar, Veena A ^a   McKinney, Alexander M ^a   Karagulle, Ayse T ^a   Truwit, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; CT perfusion; Diffusion weighted imaging; Fusion; Infarct; Stroke

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449131558     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2664     Document Type: Article

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