Limited reliability of computed tomographic perfusion acute infarct volume measurements compared with diffusion-weighted imaging in anterior circulation stroke

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 419-424

  Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Souza, Leticia ^a   Kamalian, Shervin ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a   Yoo, Albert J ^a   Kamalian, Shahmir ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922327525     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007117     Document Type: Article

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