Reliability of Visual Assessment of Non-Contrast CT, CT Angiography Source Images and CT Perfusion in Patients with Suspected Ischemic Stroke

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  van Seeters, Tom ^a   Biessels, Geert Jan ^b   Niesten, Joris M ^a   van der Schaaf, Irene C ^a   Dankbaar, Jan Willem ^a   Horsch, Alexander D ^a,c   Mali, Willem P T M ^a   Kappelle, L Jaap ^b   van der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Velthuis, Birgitta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CT PERFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTER OBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRA OBSERVER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NON CONTRAST CT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 84885093045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075615     Document Type: Article

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