Posts Tagged ‘stroke’

Radiation Dose in Neuroradiology: New Special Collection and Podcast

Posted on November 11th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 322 views

By now most Neuroradiologists are aware of the US Food and Drug Administration notification regarding dangerous levels of radiation exposure produced in one facility while performing CT perfusion. This unfortunate event has been front page [...]

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AJNR Paper Points to Future of Severe Ischemic Stroke Treatment

Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Ramon Gonzalez, MGH | 861 views

Acute ischemic stroke remains the most important neurologic malady in the world.  Severe strokes caused by artery occlusion are a minority of all strokes, but cause most of the poor outcomes and costs associated with [...]

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Validation and Standardization of Stroke Perfusion Methods

Posted on February 5th, 2009 by Michael Lev, MGH | 820 views

CTP and MRP acquisition hardware, protocols,  post processing, and interpretation vary widely between centers.  If we are to use these techniques for rational triage of acute stroke patients to appropriate treatment, validation and standardization is [...]

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