StrokeScan (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

StrokeScan

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Physicians have sharply reduced stroke treatment time by applying a process for improving efficiency originally developed by carmakers. Early treatment helps prevent or reduce brain damage, shown in white in the scan.

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Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD

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