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Diffusion-weighted MRI as a screening tool of stroke in the ED
Sung Pil Chung1, Young Rock Ha, Seung Whan Kim
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejon, South Korea. cpr@chollian.net
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|July 5, 2002
Abstract:
This report describes a novel imaging technology for the evaluation of stroke patients. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging can visualize hyperacute ischemic stroke which cannot be seen on computed tomography; moreover, it only takes few minutes to scan. We believe that diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, rather than routine computed tomography, should be considered when the emergency physician evaluates a patient with acute ischemic stroke.