Current state of acute stroke imaging

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3260-3264

  González, Ramón Gilberto ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Ct scan; Magnetic resonance imaging; X ray

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CT SCAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; X-RAY;

ALGORITHMS; BOSTON; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888300656     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003229     Document Type: Review

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