Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Brazzelli, Miriam ^a   Sandercock, Peter A G ^a   Chappell, Francesca M ^a   Celani, Maria Grazia ^b   Righetti, Enrico ^b   Arestis, Nicholas ^c   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   Deeks, Jonathan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ospedale di Città Della Pieve   (Italy)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; *Tomography, x ray computed; Cerebral hemorrhage *diagnosis ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Sensitivity and specificity; Stroke *diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 77950179812     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007424.pub2     Document Type: Review

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