Raster image in Illustrator

I am currently using Illustrator CS4 on Windowd XP.
I am reasonably new to Illustrator having been a Corel user for the last 10 years, so I apologise if this is a simple request.
I have imported a raster image into illustrator and I would like to know the properties of it (ie dpi)
Is there a way of doing this in Illustrator (ie properties box that exists in Corel)
Thanks

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Raster image in Illustrator
Open the Document Info panel from Window>Document Info. Select the raster
image. From the flyout menu (upper right) select Embedded (or Linked)
images from the dropdown. This will list all the info on size, type and
ppi of the raster image.

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