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Performance and Predictive Value of a User-Independent Platform for CT Perfusion Analysis: Threshold-Derived Automated Systems Outperform Examiner-Driven Approaches in Outcome Prediction of Acute Ischemic Stroke

S. Dehkharghani, R. Bammer, M. Straka, L.S. Albin, O. Kass-Hout, J.W. Allen, S. Rangaraju, D. Qiu, M.J. Winningham and F. Nahab
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2015, 36 (8) 1419-1425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4363
S. Dehkharghani
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (S.D., L.S.A., J.W.A., D.Q.)
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R. Bammer
cDepartment of Radiology (R.B.), Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California
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M. Straka
dInstitut für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin (M.S.), Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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L.S. Albin
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (S.D., L.S.A., J.W.A., D.Q.)
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O. Kass-Hout
eDepartment of Neurology (O.K.-H.), Catholic Health System, Buffalo, New York.
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J.W. Allen
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (S.D., L.S.A., J.W.A., D.Q.)
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S. Rangaraju
bNeurology (S.R., M.J.W., F.N.), Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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D. Qiu
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (S.D., L.S.A., J.W.A., D.Q.)
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M.J. Winningham
bNeurology (S.R., M.J.W., F.N.), Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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F. Nahab
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S. Dehkharghani, R. Bammer, M. Straka, L.S. Albin, O. Kass-Hout, J.W. Allen, S. Rangaraju, D. Qiu, M.J. Winningham, F. Nahab
Performance and Predictive Value of a User-Independent Platform for CT Perfusion Analysis: Threshold-Derived Automated Systems Outperform Examiner-Driven Approaches in Outcome Prediction of Acute Ischemic Stroke
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