The role of MRI as a prognostic tool in ischemic stroke

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 22-28

  Arsava, Ethem Murat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

clinical outcome; diffusion weighted imaging; perfusion weighted imaging; prediction; tissue outcome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE;

EID: 84867502494     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07940.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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