MRI versus CT for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms

Miriam Brazzelli*, Peter A.G. Sandercock, Maria Grazia Celani, Enrico Righetti, Francesca M. Chappell, Nikolas Arestis, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Jonathan J. Deeks

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We compared the accuracy of diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) and CT for the early diagnosis of ischemic stroke, and we estimated the accuracy of MRI for the early diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e427-e428
JournalStroke
Volume41
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2010

Bibliographical note

Sources of Funding
The Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates supports M.B. and F.M.C. with a research fellowship. J.M.W. is partly supported by the Scottish Funding Council and Chief Scientist Office through the SINAPSE collaboration (Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence; www.sinapse.ac.uk).

Keywords

  • Stroke diagnosis
  • Systematic review

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