Sensitivity and Interrater Agreement of CT and Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Hyperacute Stroke

References

1. ↵
   Röther J. CT and MRI in the diagnosis of acute stroke and their role in thrombolysis.Thromb Res 2001;103(suppl 1):125–133
2. ↵
   Schellinger PD, Fiebach JB, Jansen O, et al. Stroke magnetic resonance imaging within 6 hours after onset of hyperacute cerebral ischemia.Ann Neurol 2001;49:460–469

   CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
3. ↵
   Warach S, Dashe JF, Edelman RR. Clinical outcome in ischemic stroke predicted by early diffusion-weighted and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging: a preliminary analysis.J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1995;16:53–59
4. ↵
   Sorensen AG, Buonanno FS, Gonzalez RG, et al. Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined multisection diffusion-weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging.Radiology 1996;199:391–401

   PubMedWeb of Science
5. ↵
   Koenig M, Klotz E, Luka B, et al. Perfusion CT of the brain: diagnostic approach for early detection of ischemic stroke.Radiology 1998;209:85–93

   PubMedWeb of Science
6. ↵
   Röther J, Jonetz-Mentzel L, Fiala A, et al. Hemodynamic assessment of acute stroke using dynamic single-slice computed tomographic perfusion imaging.Arch Neurol 2000;57:1161–1166

   CrossRefPubMed
7. ↵
   Tomura N, Uemura K, Inugami A, et al. Early CT finding in cerebral infarction: obscuration of the lentiform nucleus.Radiology 1988;168:463–467

   PubMedWeb of Science
8. Truwit CL, Barkovich AJ, Gean-Marton A. Loss of the insular ribbon: another early CT sign of acute middle cerebral artery infarction.Radiology 1990;176:801–806

   PubMedWeb of Science
9. ↵
   von Kummer R, Nolte PN, Schnittger H, et al. Detectability of cerebral hemisphere ischaemic infarcts by CT within 6 h of stroke.Neuroradiology 1996;38:31–33

   CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
10. ↵
    Hacke W, Kast M, Fieschi C, et al. Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute hemispheric stroke. The European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS).JAMA 1995;274:1017–1025

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
11. ↵
    Practice advisory: thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke—summary statement. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.Neurology 1996;47:835–839

    FREE Full Text
12. ↵
    von Kummer R, Allen KL, Holle R, et al. Acute stroke: usefulness of early CT findings before thrombolytic therapy.Radiology 1997;205:327–333

    PubMed
13. ↵
    Patel SC, Levine SR, Tilley BC, et al. Lack of clinical significance of early ischemic changes on computed tomography in acute stroke.JAMA 2001;286:2830–2838

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
14. ↵
    Barber PA, Darby DG, Desmond PM, et al. Identification of major ischemic change: diffusion-weighted imaging versus computed tomography.Stroke 1999;30:2059–2065

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
15. ↵
    Lansberg MG, Albers GW, Beaulieu C, et al. Comparison of diffusion-weighted MRI and CT in acute stroke.Neurology 2000;54:1557–1561

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
16. ↵
    Urbach H, Flacke S, Keller E, et al. Detectability and detection rate of acute cerebral hemisphere infarcts on CT and diffusion-weighted MRI.Neuroradiology 2000;42:722–727

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
17. ↵
    Fiebach J, Jansen O, Schellinger P, et al. Comparison of CT with diffusion-weighted MRI in patients with hyperacute stroke.Neuroradiology 2001;43:628–632

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
18. ↵
    Bushnell CD, Johnston DC, Goldstein LB. Retrospective assessment of initial stroke severity: comparison of the NIH Stroke Scale and the Canadian Neurological Scale.Stroke 2001;32:656–660

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
19. ↵
    Ommaya AK, Murray G, Ambrose J, et al. Computerized axial tomography: estimation of spatial and density resolution capability.Br J Radiol 1976;49:604–611

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
20. ↵
    Lev MH, Farkas J, Gemmete JJ, et al. Acute stroke: improved nonenhanced CT detection—benefits of soft-copy interpretation by using variable window width and center level settings.Radiology 1999;213:150–155

    PubMedWeb of Science
21. ↵
    Clark WM, Albers GW, Madden KP, et al. The rtPA (Alteplase) 0- to 6-hour acute stroke trial, part A (A0276g): results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study.Stroke 2000;31:811–816

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
22. ↵
    Gacs G, Fox AJ, Barnett HJ, et al. CT visualization of intracranial arterial thromboembolism.Stroke 1983;14:756–762

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
23. ↵
    Geigy JR BS.Documenta Geigy—Scientific Tables 33rd ed. Basel Switzerland;1968
24. ↵
    Fleiss JL. Measuring nominal scale agreement among many raters.Psychol Bull 1971;76:378–382

    CrossRef
25. ↵
    Altman DG. In:Practical Statistics for Medical Research. 1st ed. London, UK: Chapman & Hall;1991:104
26. ↵
    Horowitz SH, Zito JL, Donnarumma R. Computed tomographic-angiographic findings within the first five hours of cerebral infarction.Stroke 1991;22:1245–1253

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
27. ↵
    von Kummer R, Meyding-Lamade U, Forsting M, et al. Sensitivity and prognostic value of early CT in occlusion of the middle cerebral artery trunk.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1994;15:9–15

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
28. Moulin T, Cattin F, Crepin-Leblond T, et al. Early CT signs in acute middle cerebral artery infarction: predictive value for subsequent infarct locations and outcome.Neurology 1996;47:366–375

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
29. Bozzao L, Bastianello S, Fantozzi LM, et al. Correlation of angiographic and sequential CT findings in patients with evolving cerebral infarction.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1989;10:1215–1222

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
30. ↵
    Mohr JP, Biller J, Hilal SK, et al. Magnetic resonance and comouted tomographic imaging in acute stroke.Stroke 1995;26:807–812

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
31. ↵
    Lovblad KO, Laubach HJ, Baird AE, et al. Clinical experience with diffusion-weighted MR in patients with acute stroke.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998;19:1061–1066

    Abstract
32. ↵
    Gonzalez RG, Schaefer PW, Buonanno FS, et al. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging: diagnostic accuracy in patients imaged within 6 hours of stroke symptom onset.Radiology 1999;210:155–162

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
33. ↵
    Mullins ME, Lev MH, Schellingerhout D, et al. Influence of availability of clinical history on detection of early stroke using unenhanced CT and diffusion-weighted MR imaging.AJR Am J Roentgenol 2002;179:223–228

    PubMed
34. ↵
    Schuier FJ, Hossmann KA. Experimental brain infarcts in cats, II: ischemic brain edema.Stroke 1980;11:593–601

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
35. ↵
    Röther J, de Crespigny AJ, D’Arceuil H, et al. MR detection of cortical spreading depression immediately after focal ischemia in the rat.J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1996;16:214–220

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
36. Davis D, Ulatowski J, Eleff S, et al. Rapid monitoring of changes in water diffusion coefficients during reversible ischemia in cat and rat brain.Magn Reson Med 1994;31:454–460

    PubMedWeb of Science
37. ↵
    de Crespigny AJ, Rother J, Beaulieu C, et al. Comparison of diffusion, blood oxygenation, and blood volume changes during global ischemia in rats.Magn Reson Med 2001;45:10–16

    PubMed
38. ↵
    Kucinski T, Vaeterlein O, Glauche V, et al. Correlation of ADC and CT density in acute ischemic stroke.Stroke 2002;33:1786–1791

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
39. ↵
    Bozzao L, Bastianello J, Fantozzi LM, et al. Correlation of angiographic and sequential CT findings in patients with evolving cerebral infarction.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1989;10:1215–1222
40. ↵
    von Kummer R, Bourquain H, Bastianello S, et al. Early prediction of irreversible brain damage after ischemic stroke at CT.Radiology 2001;219:95–100

    PubMedWeb of Science
41. ↵
    Mullins ME, Schaefer PW, Sorensen AG, et al. CT and conventional and diffusion-weighted MR imaging in acute stroke: study in 691 patients at presentation to the emergency department.Radiology 2002;224:353–360

    PubMedWeb of Science
42. ↵
    Neumann-Haefelin T, Wittsack HJ, Wenserski F, et al. Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI in a patient with a prolonged reversible ischaemic neurological deficit.Neuroradiology 2000;42:444–447

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
43. Neumann-Haefelin T, Kastrup A, de Crespigny A, et al. Serial MRI after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats: dynamics of tissue injury, blood-brain barrier damage, and edema formation.Stroke 2000;31:1965–1972

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
44. ↵
    Lefkowitz D, LaBenz M, Nudo SR, et al. Hyperacute ischemic stroke missed by diffusion-weighted imaging.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1999;20:1871–1875

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
45. ↵
    Adams HP Jr, Brott TG, Furlan AJ, et al. Guidelines for thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke: a supplement to the fuidelines for the management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. A statement for healthcare professionals from a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association.Stroke 1996;27:1711–1718
46. ↵
    Albers GW, Bates VE, Clark WM, Bell R, Verro P, Hamilton SA. Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator for treatment of acute stroke: the Standard Treatment with Alteplase to Reverse Stroke (STARS) study.JAMA 2000;283:1145–1150

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
47. ↵
    von Kummer R, Holle R, Grzyska U, et al. Interobserver agreement in assessing early CT signs of middle cerebral artery infarction.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1996;17:1743–1748

    Abstract
48. ↵
    Barber PA, Demchuk AM, Zhang J, et al. Validity and reliability of a quantitative computed tomography score in predicting outcome of hyperacute stroke before thrombolytic therapy. ASPECTS Study Group Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score.Lancet 2000;355:1670–1674

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science