CT angiography source images acquired with a fast-acquisition protocol overestimate infarct core on diffusion weighted images in acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Yoo, Albert J ^a,b   Hu, Ranliang ^a,b   Hakimelahi, Reza ^a,b   Lev, Michael H ^a,b   Nogueira, Raul G ^a,b   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a,b   González, R Gilberto ^a,b   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; CT angiography source images; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Infarct core

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; IOPAMIDOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868212696     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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