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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

3] To identify a causative vascular lesion, which may or may not be amenable or contraindicatory to thrombolysis Non-Contrast Head CT NCCT is usually the first imaging modality obtained in the acute evaluation for stroke. 2,3] In addition, door to needle time of less than one hour is an established benchmark and quality measure.[3]