Dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MRI identifies persistent vessel pathology in acute pontine stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-394

  Förster, Alex ^a   Ottomeyer, Caroline ^a   Wolf, Marc E ^a   Kern, Rolf ^a   Griebe, Martin ^a   Gass, Achim ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a   Szabo, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; MR angiography; Perfusion weighted imaging; Pons; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERFUSION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PERFUSION IMAGING; PONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 76749164818     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000286341     Document Type: Article

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