Evaluation of CT perfusion in the setting of cerebral ischemia: Patterns and pitfalls

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1552-1563

  Lui, Yvonne W ^a   Tang, E R ^a   Allmendinger, A M ^b   Spektor, V ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XENON;

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STENOSIS; STROKE; VASOSPASM;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958523306     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2026     Document Type: Review

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