False-negative diffusion-weighted imaging in acute stroke and its frequency in anterior and posterior circulation ischemia

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 627-633

  Bulut, Haci Taner ^a   Yildirim, Adem ^a   Ekmekci, Burcu ^a   Eskut, Neslihan ^b   Gunbey, Hediye Pinar ^c  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adiyaman Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c SB Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; False negative; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION;

ACUTE STROKE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVES; ISCHEMIC STROKES; LESION SIZE; MODIFIED RANKIN SCALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTHS; NEGATIVE DIFFUSION; STROKE; STROKE LESIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913528695     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/rct.0000000000000095     Document Type: Review

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