Imaging of stroke: Part 1, perfusion CT - Overview of imaging technique, interpretation pearls, and common pitfalls

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-62

  Allmendinger, Andrew Mark ^a   Tang, Elizabeth R ^b   Lui, Yvonne W ^b   Spektor, Vadim ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Ischemia; Penumbra; Perfusion CT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROANGIOPATHY; PERFUSION COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VASOSPASM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455209490     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.7255     Document Type: Review

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