Six-minute magnetic resonance imaging protocol for evaluation of acute ischemic stroke: Pushing the boundaries

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1985-1991

  Nael, Kambiz ^a   Khan, Rihan ^a   Choudhary, Gagandeep ^a   Meshksar, Arash ^a   Villablanca, Pablo ^c   Tay, Jennifer ^b   Drake, Kendra ^b   Coull, Bruce M ^b   Kidwell, Chelsea S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance angiography; magnetic resonance imaging; perfusion imaging; stroke

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RECANALIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION IMAGING; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84903756804     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005305     Document Type: Article

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