Quantification of subarachnoid hemorrhage by three-dimensional computed tomography: Correlation between hematoma volume and symptomatic vasospasm

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Sato, Taku ^a   Sasaki, Tatsuya ^b   Sakuma, Jun ^a   Watanabe, Tadashi ^a   Ichikawa, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Eiji ^a   Matsumoto, Yuka ^a   Ando, Hitoshi ^a   Saito, Kiyoshi ^a   Kikori, Katsuyuki ^a   Yusa, Takeshi ^a   Suzuki, Kyouichi ^c   Watanabe, Yoichi ^c   Taira, Satoshi ^d   Sato, Masahiro ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d Fujita General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Hematoma volume; Hounsfield unit; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Three dimensional computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FASUDIL; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 79953674185     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.187     Document Type: Article

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