CT perfusion mean transit time maps optimally distinguish benign oligemia from true "at-risk" ischemic penumbra, but thresholds vary by postprocessing technique

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-549

  Kamalian, Shervin ^a   Kamalian, Shahmir ^a   Konstas, A A ^a   Maas, M B ^a   Payabvash, S ^a   Pomerantz, S R ^a   Schaefer, P W ^a   Furie, K L ^a   Gonzalez R G ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858644252     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2809     Document Type: Article

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