Computerized tomography angiography in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: From aneurysm detection to treatment without conventional angiography

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 761-767

  Velthuis, Birgitta K ^a   Van Leeuwen, Maarten S ^a   Witkamp, Theodoor D ^a   Ramos, Lino M P ^a   Van Der Sprenkel, Jan Willem Berkelbach ^a   Rinkel, Gabriël J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer assisted decision making; Computerized tomography angiography; Digital subtraction angiography intracranial aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0033400808     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.5.0761     Document Type: Article

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