FLAIR can estimate the onset time in acute ischemic stroke patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Aoki, Junya ^a   Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Iguchi, Yasuyuki ^a   Shibazaki, Kensaku ^a   Sakai, Kenichiro ^a   Iwanaga, Takeshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Onset time; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952111801     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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