CT perfusion in acute stroke: Know the mimics, potential pitfalls, artifacts, and technical errors

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-65

  Mangla, Rajiv ^a   Ekhom, Sven ^a   Jahromi, Babak S ^a   Almast, Jeevak ^a   Mangla, Manisha ^a   Westesson, Per Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; CT perfusion; Technical pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84895074236     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-013-1125-9     Document Type: Review

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