CT perfusion improves diagnostic accuracy and confidence in acute ischaemic stroke

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 613-618

  Campbell, Bruce C V ^a   Weir, Louise ^a,b   Desmond, Patricia M ^a   Tu, Hans T H ^a   Hand, Peter J ^a   Yan, Bernard ^a   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a   Parsons, Mark W ^c   Davis, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON CONTRAST COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877607911     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303752     Document Type: Article

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