Acute stroke imaging: What clinicians need to know

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 379-386

  Khan, Rihan ^a   Nael, Kambiz ^a   Erly, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; CT stroke; MRI stroke; Stroke; Stroke imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876284514     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.11.014     Document Type: Review

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