Patients who arrive at hospital with a suspected stroke immediately undergo a CT brain scan, which doctors review to assess how dark the affected areas, or lesions, in the brain are. Darker ...

More than 100 million people globally have had a stroke, but there are ways to reduce your risk and spot the signs of stroke ...

2009 Expert Reviews Ltd. Cite this: Neuroimaging of Ischemic Stroke With CT and MRI: Advancing Towards ... a severe reduction of blood flow to the brain, which initiates a cascade of events ...

He had a bad headache and his right arm felt tingly and numb. He sat up in bed, and as he tried to move his fingers and toes, ...

A new study suggests that a simple blood test could help doctors quickly determine whether a stroke is caused by bleeding or ...

What are the typical radiation doses associated with CT examinations? CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 ...

Developed by a San Francisco software company, VizAI can be connected to CT scans, electrocardiograms ... an obvious diagnosis. “In a stroke patient, time is brain,” Dawson said.