Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1914749 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 2010 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
In modern medicine brain imaging is an essential prerequisite not only to acute stroke triage but also to determining the specific therapy indicated. This article reviews the need for imaging the brain in acute stroke, penumbral pathophysiology, penumbral imaging techniques, as well as current status of various imaging modalities that are being employed to select patients for specific therapeutic approaches.
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Authors
Gyanendra Kumar, Munish Kumar Goyal, Pradeep Kumar Sahota, Rajan Jain,