Noninvasive Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis and Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-323

  Marshall, Scott A ^a,b   Kathuria, Sudhir ^a   Nyquist, Paul ^a   Gandhi, Dheeraj ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Computed tomography angiography; Magnetic resonance angiography; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77951032546     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2009.10.005     Document Type: Review

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