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Comparison of computerized tomography and radionuclide imaging in "stroke".
Author(s) -
M. Gado,
R. Edward Coleman,
Anthony L. Merlis,
Philip O. Alderson,
K S Lee
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.7.2.109
Subject(s) - medicine , hematoma , radiology , intracerebral hemorrhage , cerebral infarction , stroke (engine) , infarction , nuclear medicine , tomography , intracerebral hematoma , computed tomography , neuroimaging , ischemia , cardiology , myocardial infarction , subarachnoid hemorrhage , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Forty patients were studied by computerized tomography and by radionuclide brain imaging. The final diagnosis was infarction in 29 patients, intracerebral hematoma in seven, acute SAH in one, and old cerebrovascular accidents in three. CT was far superior to RN in detecting intracerebral hematomas and distinguishing them from cerebral infarction. The results of CT and RN tests were comparable regarding the percentage of abnormalities. However, the results in the same patients were not identical in 55% of the cases, indicating a complementary role for the two tests. There was no relationship between the frequency of abnormalities on CT and the time lapse after the onset of cerebral infarction. RN uptake was not seen in patients with old cerebrovascular accidents.

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