Apparent diffusion coefficient threshold for delineation of ischemic core

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 348-353

  Purushotham, Archana ^a,b   Campbell, Bruce C V ^c   Straka, Matus ^a   Mlynash, Michael ^a   Olivot, Jean Marc ^a   Bammer, Roland ^a   Kemp, Stephanie M ^a   Albers, Gregory W ^a   Lansberg, Maarten G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion MRI; Diffusion perfusion imaging; Ischemic core; Ischemic stroke; Neuroimaging of acute stroke

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PARENCHYMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE PATIENT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUDEN INDEX; BRAIN CIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84924856598     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12068     Document Type: Article

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