Imaging of Patients with Suspected Large-Vessel Occlusion at Primary Stroke Centers: Available Modalities and a Suggested Approach

^aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., B.K.M., M.D.H., A.M.D., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
^bDepartment of Radiology (W.G.K.), University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
^cDepartments of Neurology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Neurosurgery (R.A.M., M.V.J.), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
^dDepartment of Radiology (B.W.B.), Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee
^eDepartment of Radiology (D.H.), Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina
^fSwedish Medical Center (D.F.), Denver, Colorado
^gDepartment of Radiology (C.P.D.), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
^hDepartment of Neurosurgery (T.T.), Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyögo, Japan
ⁱDepartment of Neurology (A.H.A.), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
^jDepartment of Neuroradiology (I.M.R.F.), Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.

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