What ASPECTS value best predicts the 100-mL threshold on diffusion weighted imaging? Study of 150 patients with middle cerebral artery stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-231

  Lin, Ke ^a   Lee, Stephanie A ^a   Zink, Walter E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Acute stroke imaging; Alberta stroke program early CT score; Diffusion MRI DWI

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 79959761724     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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