Cite this: Neuroimaging of Ischemic Stroke With CT and MRI: Advancing Towards Physiology-Based Diagnosis and Therapy - Medscape - Mar 31, 2009.

Stroke is the second leading cause of death globally. Ischemic stroke, strongly linked to atherosclerotic plaques, requires ...

Portable MRI as a Tissue Clock for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Multi-Site Study to be Published in August 2024 Edition of Annals of Neurology Shows the Value of the Ultra-Low-Field Swoop® Portable MR ...

The AAN now recommends diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) over CT for diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke (AAN Level A recommendation), estimating its sensitivity at 80%-90% in patients presenting to the ...

Portable bedside MRI showed promise in detecting infarcts revealed on high-field MRI in those with acute ischemic stroke, with better performance on larger sized infarcts, according to a poster ...

A kind of scan called an MRI is much better for diagnosing stroke than a CT scan, the American Academy of Neurology said in new guidelines released on Monday.

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability and preventable disability in the United States. It is also the fifth leading cause of death, killing nearly 130,000 people in the U.S. each year.

In an ischemic stroke, a blood clot is stuck in a vessel, cutting off blood flow to a portion of the brain, which will begin to die the longer the clot remains. When patients come to the hospital ...

“Using a new technique based on readily available MRI scans, we can predict which people go on to show cognitive decline and develop dementia.” Rebecca Charlton and colleagues are developing a new MRI ...

Ischemic stroke is caused by a reduction of blood flow to the brain, which may lead to cell death by a variety of mechanisms including excitotoxicity, ionic imbalance, oxidative/nitrosative stress ...