Consensus on the quantification of extracranial internal carotid artery atheromatous stenoses;CONSENSUS SUR LA QUANTIFICATION DES STENOSES ATHEROMATEUSES DE L'ARTERE CAROTIDE INTERNE EXOCRANIENNE

Journal d'Echographie et de Medecine par Ultrasons

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-230

  De Bray, J M ^a   Glatt, B ^b   Baud, J M ^b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Color Doppler flow imaging; Consensus; Continuous wave Doppler sonography; Duplex sonography; Extracranial internal carotid artery; MR angiography; Quantification; X ray angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030003225     PISSN: 02455552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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