Magnetic resonance imaging to visualize stroke and characterize stroke recovery: A review

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 4 MAY, Issue , 2013, Pages

  MacIntosh, Bradley J ^a,b,c   Graham, Simon J ^a,b,c  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Diffusion; Functional MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion; Review; Stroke; Stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIN LABELING; STROKE RECOVERY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84878871101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00060     Document Type: Article

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