Acute ischemic stroke: Ifarct core estimation on CT angiography source images depends on CT angiography protocol

Radiology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 593-604

  Pulli, Benjamin ^a   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Hakimelahi, Reza ^a   Chaudhry, Zeshan A ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a   González, R Gilberto ^a   Yoo, Albert J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857382246     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110896     Document Type: Article

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