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Imaging is essential for accurate diagnosis and timely treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), which is caused by an occlusion of an intracranial artery. There are typical findings on imaging that lead toward correct and timely diagnosis. The two major treatment options for AIS patients are endovascular treatment and intravenous thrombolysis, both of which are highly time-dependent. Thus, the overarching goal of acute stroke imaging is to allow for accurate and fast diagnosis, which, in turn, results in faster treatment and ultimately in better patient outcomes. This chapter will outline the typical imaging findings of AIS and point out some of the pitfalls in acute stroke imaging, with special emphasis on the imaging findings that are of relevance for treatment decision-making and patient management.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Johanna Maria Ospel

  2. Department of Medical Imaging, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petra Cimflova

  3. Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Johanna Maria Ospel, Petra Cimflova & Mayank Goyal

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Ospel, J.M., Cimflova, P., Goyal, M. (2021). Stroke Imaging. In: Patlas, M.N., Katz, D.S., Scaglione, M. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Imaging from Head-to-Toe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44092-3_8-1

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