Dynamic characterization of the CT angiographic 'spot sign'

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chakraborty, Santanu ^a   Alhazzaa, Mohammed ^a,b   Wasserman, Jason K ^a   Sun, Yang Yang ^a   Stotts, Grant ^a   Hogan, Mathew J ^a   Demchuk, Andrew ^d   Aviv, Richard I ^c   Dowlatshahi, Dar ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA EXPANSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MAXIMUM HOUNSFIELD UNIT; NEUROIMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPOT APPEARANCE; SPOT DURATION; SPOT SIGN; SPOT VOLUME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME TO MAXIMUM HOUNSFIELD UNIT; TIME TO SPOT DIAGNOSTIC DEFINITION; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896980977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090431     Document Type: Article

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