Imaging of stroke: Part 2, pathophysiology at the molecular and cellular levels and corresponding imaging changes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-74

  Kanekar, Sangam G ^a   Zacharia, Thomas ^a   Roller, Rebecca ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Neuroradiology; Pathophysiology; Perfusion imaging; Stroke; Venous infarction; Watershed infarction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFARCTION; INFLAMMATION; LACUNAR STROKE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WATERSHED INFARCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUROIMAGING; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455209488     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.7312     Document Type: Review

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