http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2005/02/Articles/Imaging-of-acute-stroke.aspxIn patients with acute onset of stroke-like symptoms, imaging can rule out nonvascular causes of the symptoms, define the extent of an acute ischemic process, differentiate between the infarcted core and the ischemic penumbra of an area of acute ischemic change, possibly identify the cause of an acute ischemic process, and identify which patients might benefit from thrombolytic therapy. The authors review the use of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, diffusion/perfusion MR, perfusion CT, and CT angiography in the setting of acute stroke.Thursday, 10 Feb 2005 15:13:00 GMT