Brain stem strokes disrupt these signals ... their doctor will use imaging tests, such as CT and MRI scans to determine whether the stroke is ischemic or hemorrhagic. Doctors may also order ...

Causes of brain injury included hemorrhagic stroke in 53% of patients, anoxic brain injury in 21%, traumatic brain injury in ...

The clinical syndrome produced by a stroke is determined by the artery ... The vertebrobasilar system supplies the brainstem and has branches to the cerebellum. The basilar artery typically ...

A clinical trial led by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) and Western University's Schulich School of ...

The findings, published in The Lancet Neurology, show that extending CT imaging to include the heart and major blood ...

Siemens Healthineers has deployed its first mobile stroke unit in the U.S., with an ambulance equipped with its own CT ...

Although MRI has supplanted CT in the evaluation of many neurological conditions, it still plays an important role, especially in the acute evaluation of stroke and head trauma patients. X-rays are ...

Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror People who suffer strokes often hit a recovery plateau beyond which it’s difficult for them to continue making progress towards regaining mobility.