Responses to the 10 most frequently asked questions about perfusion CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-60

  Leiva Salinas, Carlos ^a   Provenzale, James M ^b,c   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; CT; Perfusion; Reperfusion therapies; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERFUSION COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650832929     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5705     Document Type: Review

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