Defining the extent of irreversible brain ischemia using perfusion computed tomography

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Bivard, Andrew ^b   McElduff, Patrick ^b   Spratt, Neil ^b   Levi, Christopher ^a   Parsons, Mark ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Infarct core; MRI; Perfusion computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPERFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650254107     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321897     Document Type: Article

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