Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute stroke within the first 6 hours: 1.5 or 3.0 Tesla?

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1946-1953

  Rosso, C ^a   Drier, A ^a   Lacroix, D ^a   Mutlu, G ^a   Pires, C ^a   Lehericy S ^a   Samson, Y ^a   Dormont, D ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROKE;

EID: 77953808745     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e396d1     Document Type: Article

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