In Acute Stroke, Can CT Perfusion-Derived Cerebral Blood Volume Maps Substitute for Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Identifying the Ischemic Core?

William A. Copen; Livia T. Morais; Ona Wu; Lee H. Schwamm; Pamela W. Schaefer; R. Gilberto González; Albert J. Yoo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133566

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In Acute Stroke, Can CT Perfusion-Derived Cerebral Blood Volume Maps Substitute for Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Identifying the Ischemic Core?

William A. Copen ,

* E-mail: wcopen@partners.org

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Livia T. Morais,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ona Wu,

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lee H. Schwamm,

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pamela W. Schaefer,

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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R. Gilberto González,

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Albert J. Yoo

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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In Acute Stroke, Can CT Perfusion-Derived Cerebral Blood Volume Maps Substitute for Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Identifying the Ischemic Core?

William A. Copen,
Livia T. Morais,
Ona Wu,
Lee H. Schwamm,
Pamela W. Schaefer,
R. Gilberto González,
Albert J. Yoo

Published: July 20, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133566

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