A pictorial essay of brain perfusion-CT: Not every abnormality is a stroke!

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Keedy, Alexander ^a   Soares, Bruno ^a   Wintermark, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Perfusion CT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENCEPHALITIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RADIOLOGIST; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VASOSPASM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868199254     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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