Anatomic evaluation of the circle of Willis: MR angiography versus intraarterial digital subtraction angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1495-1499

  Stock, K W ^a   Wetzel, S ^a   Kirsch, E ^a   Bongartz, G ^a   Steinbrich, W ^a   Radue, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arteries, magnetic resonance; Efficacy studies; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0029815222     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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