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CT of the brain with the use of contrast material showed a small left frontal infarct (left panel, arrow). A CT angiogram showed calcifications, mild stenosis, and ulcer (right panel, arrow) at ...

Middle and Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans; (Left) Day 2; (Right) Day 4. Note the large infarction in the distribution of the right middle and posterior cerebral arteries. As the ...

Randomized trials have shown the benefit of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with acute stroke due to large-artery occlusion in the anterior circulation and a large baseline infarct (core). 1 ...

Watershed Infarction: Axial CT scan.Note the large hypodensity in the left basal ganglia and internal capsule. Although watershed infarcts are most often thought of as areas between two major blood ...

The AI-powered software is helping interpret CT Scan images. It can also help determine the severity of a stroke.

Notably, patients with Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) values of 0 or 1, the largest infarcts, were included in the current study.

Among patients who were treated more than 6 hours after stroke onset and who had extensive signs of infarction on CT (ASPECTS 5 or less), those who had good recanalization following stroke ...