FLAIR-hyperintense vessel sign, diffusion-perfusion mismatch and infarct growth in acute ischemic stroke without vascular recanalisation therapy

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 227-233

  Gawlitza, Matthias ^a   Gragert, Jasmin ^a   Quäschling, Ulf ^a   Hoffmann, Karl Titus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

FLAIR hyperintense vessel; Infarct growth; Ischemic stroke; Lacunar stroke; Mismatch; Non lacunar stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLAIR HYPERINTENSE VESSEL SIGN; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFARCT GROWTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PREDICTION; RECANALIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 84922461667     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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