Clinical MRI of acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-271

  González, R Gilberto ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion MRI; ischemic stroke; MR angiography; perfusion MRI

Indexed keywords

DESMOTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BOSTON ACUTE STROKE IMAGING SCALE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC PENUMBRA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POSTERIOR BRAIN CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 84864265622     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23595     Document Type: Review

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