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Your healthcare provider ask you about your health history. He or she will give you a physical exam. You may also have these tests to diagnose a stroke.
CT scan. This test uses X-rays and a computer to make pictures of the body. A CT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body. This includes bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are used to find changes or defects. They can also help find the site or type of stroke.
MRI. This test uses large magnets, radio waves, and a computer. It makes detailed images of tissues in the body. It uses magnetic fields to see small changes in brain tissue. This helps to find and diagnose stroke.
Radionuclide angiography. This is a type of nuclear brain scan. It is only done in special cases. A radioactive tracer is injected into a vein in the arm. Then a machine creates a map showing the tracer's movement to different parts of the head. This shows how the brain works. It can often find areas of reduced blood flow and tissue damage.
Computed tomographic angiography (CTA). This test uses CT technology to get images of blood vessels.
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). This test checks blood flow through arteries using MRI technology.
Conventional cerebral angiogram. A tube (catheter) is used to check cerebral blood. It can find the exact site of the blood vessel blockage.
Electroencephalogram (EEG). This test records the brain's electrical signals. It uses electrodes put on your scalp. This can be a routine EEG study. Or it may be ongoing, long-term monitoring.
Evoked potentials. These tests record the brain's electrical response to light, sound, and touch.
Carotid phonoangiography. A small microphone is placed over the carotid artery on the neck. It records sounds made by blood flow as it passes through an artery that is partly blocked.
Doppler sonography (carotid ultrasound). A handheld probe (transducer) sends sound waves into a blood vessel to check blood flow. A very faint sound, or no sound, may mean a problem with blood flow.
Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. A transducer is used to send sound waves through the skull. This can find problems with the blood vessels below.
Ocular plethysmography. This test measures pressure on the eyes. It can also finds pulses in the eyes.
Cerebral blood flow test (inhalation method). This test measures the amount of oxygen in the blood supply that reaches different areas of the brain.
Digital subtraction angiography (DSA). This test makes an image of the blood vessels in the brain. This is used to find a problem with blood flow. A small, thin tube (catheter) is placed in a leg artery. It is passed up to the blood vessels in the brain. A contrast dye is injected into the catheter. Then X-ray images are taken.