Noninvasive assessment of the circle of Willis in cerebral ischemia: The potential of CT angiography and contrast-enhanced transcranial color-coded duplexsonography

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 290-294

  Gahn, G ^a   Gerber, J ^a   Hallmeyer, S ^a   Reichmann, H ^a   Von Kummer, R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Stroke; Transcranial color coded duplexsonography; Ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0032858448     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015980     Document Type: Article

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