Real-time ultrasound brain perfusion imaging with analysis of microbubble replenishment in acute MCA stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1716-1724

  Kern, Rolf ^a   Diels, Anna ^a   Pettenpohl, Johanna ^a   Kablau, Micha ^a   Brade, Joachim ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a   Meairs, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; brain imaging; cerebral hemodynamics; neurosonology; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NEUROIMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOUND INTENSITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; PERFUSION IMAGING; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79960975014     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.14     Document Type: Article

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