Computed tomography in acute ischemic stroke

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-187

  Lövblad, Karl Olof ^a   Baird, Alison E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Perfusion imaging; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; WATER CONTENT; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949266476     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0633-5     Document Type: Review

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