The role of CT and MRI in the emergency evaluation of persons with suspected stroke

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Kidwell, Chelsea S ^a   Wintermark, Max ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Imaging; MRI; Penumbra; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DESMOTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EMERGENCIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649192563     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-009-0075-9     Document Type: Review

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