Transcranial ultrasound perfusion imaging and perfusion-MRI-A pilot study on the evaluation of cerebral perfusion in severe carotid artery stenosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1973-1980

  Krogias, Christos ^a   Henneböhl, Christian ^a   Geier, Bruno ^a   Hansen, Christian ^b   Hummel, Thomas ^a   Meves, Saskia ^a   Lukas, Carsten ^a   Eyding, Jens ^c  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Border zone; Internal carotid artery stenosis; Perfusion; Perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Thrombectomy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BORDER ZONE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PERFUSION; PERFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 78449304286     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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