Brain Imaging in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack: A Comparison of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Author(s) -
Alex Förster,
Achim Gass,
R. Kern,
Halil Ay,
Anastasios Chatzikonstantinou,
Michael G. Hennerici,
Kristina Szabo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1421-9913
pISSN - 0014-3022
DOI - 10.1159/000333286
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , computed tomography , neuroimaging , medicine , radiology , preclinical imaging , nuclear medicine , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , psychiatry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , in vivo
Brain imaging in stroke aims at the detection of the relevant ischemic tissue pathology. Cranial computed tomography (CT) is frequently used in patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) but no data is available on how it directly compares to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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