Does perfusion imaging add value compared with plain parenchymal and vascular imaging?

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 246-250

  Zhu, Guangming ^a,b   Jovin, Tudor ^c   Aghaebrahim, Amin ^c   Michel, Patrik ^d   Zhang, Weiwei ^b   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; DESMOTEPLASE; PLACEBO;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; STROKE;

EID: 84862994814     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010416     Document Type: Review

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