Carotid artery stenosis: Optimization of CT angiography with a combination of shaded surface display and source images

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-763

  Papp, Zsuzsanna ^a   Patel, Mahendra ^a   Ashtari, Manzar ^a   Takahashi, Masashi ^a   Goldstein, Jacques ^a   Maguire, William ^a   Herman, Peter G ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, stenosis and occlusion; Computed tomography, three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031004257     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Kalender WA, Polacin A. Physical performance characteristics of spiral CT scanning. Med Phys 1991;18:910-915
2. Kalender WA, Seissler W, Lotz E, et al. Spiral volumetric CT with single-breath-hold technique, continuous transport, and continuous scanner rotation. Radiology 1990;176:181-183
3. Dillon EH, van Leeuwen MS, Fernandez MA, Mali PTM. Spiral CT angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1993;160:1273-1278
4. Napel S, Marks MP, Rubin GD, et al. CT angiography with spiral CT and maximum intensity projection. Radiology 1992;185:607-610
5. Magnusson M, Lenz R, Danielsson PE. Evaluation of methods for shaded surface display of CT volumes. Comput Med Imaging Graph 1991;15:247-256
6. Marks MP, Napal S, Jordan JE, et al. Diagnosis of carotid artery disease: preliminary experience with maximum-intensity-projection spiral CT angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1993;160: 1267-1271
7. Schwartz RB, Jones KM, Chernoff DM, et al. Common carotid artery bifurcation: evaluation with spiral CT. Radiology 1992;185: 513-519
8. Dillon EH, van Leeuwen MS, Fernandez MA, et al. CT angiography: application to the evaluation of carotid artery stenosis. Radiology 1993;189:211-219
9. Cumming MJ, Morrow IM. Carotid artery stenosis: a prospective comparison of CT angiography and conventional angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1994;163:517-523
10. Castillo M. Diagnosis of disease of the common carotid artery bifurcation: CT angiography vs catheter angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1994;162:997-999
11. Fox AJ. How to measure carotid stenosis. Radiology 1993;186: 316-318
12. Hays WL. Statistics for the Social Sciences. 4th ed. New York, NY: Holt Rinehart & Winston; 1988:410-414
13. Chikos PM, Fisher LD, Hirsch JH, et al. Observer variability in evaluating extracranial carotid artery stenosis. Stroke 1983;14: 885-892
14. Fisher M, Ahmadi J, Zee CS, Weiner JM. Variability in arteriographic assessment of the carotid bifurcation. Angiology 1987; 38:116-120
15. Brown PM, Johnston KW. The difficulty of quantifying the severity of carotid stenosis. Surgery 1982;92:468-473
16. Karkow WS, Cranley JJ. Variations in interpretation of arterial stenosis. J Cardiovasc Surg 1989;30:826-832