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Clinical Efficacy of MRI in Stroke

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ischemic Stroke

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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MRI has the specific capability to detect brain areas with ischemic cell swelling and to identify deposits of hemoglobin degradation products within brain parenchyma. It can easily be combined with angiography and PI and thus assess important aspects of acute stroke pathology. MRI has the disadvantage that not all patients with suspected stroke can tolerate the examination. It will be discussed in the following chapters whether the diagnostic information provided by MRI has an impact on acute stroke treatment and can improve patients’ clinical out-come compared to patients being examined with CT.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University of Technology Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    RÜdiger von Kummer MD

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University of Technology Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    RÜdiger von Kummer MD

  2. Department of Neurology University Hospital Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Tobias Back MD

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von Kummer, R. (2006). Clinical Efficacy of MRI in Stroke. In: von Kummer, R., Back, T. (eds) Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ischemic Stroke. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27738-2_2

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