CT perfusion in acute ischemic stroke: A comparison of 2-second and 1-second temporal resolution

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1632-1639

  Abels, B ^a   Klotz, E ^b   Tomandl, B F ^c   Villablanca, J P ^d   Kloska, S P ^e   Lell, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c Hospital Bremen Mitte   (Germany)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054028671     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2576     Document Type: Article

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