title: Routine CT evaluation of acute stroke.
abstract: Although new imaging techniques such as MR perfusion/diffusion and xenon CT have shown considerable promise in the detection of early brain ischemia, noncontrast CT remains the primary imaging test for the evaluation of acute stroke. It is fast, reliable, readily available, and continues to be used for all major stroke therapy trials. Despite its limitations, CT is an accurate method of screening patients prior to thrombolytic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 43219-2316, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gaskill-Shipley
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed