Intracranial aneurysms: Detection and characterization with MR angiography with use of an advanced postprocessing technique in a blinded- reader study

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 807-814

  Atlas, Scott W ^a,b   Sheppard, Lisa ^a   Goldberg, Herbert I ^a   Hurst, Robert W ^a   Listerud, John ^a   Flamm, Eugene ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, intracranial; Brain, MR; Cerebral blood vessels, diseases; Magnetic resonance (MR), reconstruction algorithms; Magnetic resonance (MR), three dimensional; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031001799     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.3.9169709     Document Type: Article

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