Neuroimaging by 320-row CT: Is there a diagnostic benefit or is it just another scanner? A retrospective evaluation of 60 consecutive acute neurological patients

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-593

  Siebert, Eberhard ^a   Bohner, Georg ^a   Masuhr, Florian ^a   Deuschle, Katrin ^a   Diekmann, Susanne ^a   Wiener, Edzard ^a   Bauknecht, Hans Christian ^a   Klingebiel, Randolf ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

320 row CT; 4D CT angiography; CT perfusion; Dynamic CT angiography; Emergency neuroimaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78049335896     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0292-7     Document Type: Article

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