Imaging of acute stroke: CT and/or MRI

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-64

  Lövblad, Karl Olof ^a,b   Altrichter, Stephen ^a,b   Mendes Pereira, Vitor ^a,b   Vargas, Maria ^a,b   Marcos Gonzalez, Ana ^a,b   Haller, Sven ^a,b   Sztajzel, Roman ^a,b  

^a DISIM   (Switzerland)

^b Service de neurologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84923359888     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2014.10.005     Document Type: Review

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