Diffusion weighted imaging and estimation of prognosis using apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in ischemic stroke

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Gonen, Korcan Aysun ^a   Simsek, Mehmet Masum ^b  

^a State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Penumbra; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STROKE; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI); ISCHEMIC PENUMBRA; ISCHEMIC STROKES; P-VALUES; PARENCHYMAL TISSUE; PENUMBRA; STROKE;

ESTIMATION; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 78149360484     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.047     Document Type: Article

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