Interobserver and intraobserver agreement in the evaluation of CT perfusion in ischemic stroke

Functional Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Abul Kasim, Kasim ^a   Strömbeck, Anita ^b   Maly, Pavel ^b   Overgaard, Angelica ^b   Persson, Erik ^b   Sundgren, Pia C ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CTP; Feasibility; Interobserver agreement; Manual post processing; Maximum slope model; Penumbra

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFUSION; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951227747     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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