Anatomic variations of the cerebral arteries and their embryology: A pictorial review

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2548-2561

  Okahara, Mika ^a   Kiyosue, Hiro ^a   Mori, Hiromu ^b   Tanoue, Shuichi ^b   Sainou, Michihumi ^a   Nagatomi, Hirohumi ^a  

^a Nagatomi Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cerebral arteries; MRA; Normal variant

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIOGRAPHY;

BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0036780506     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1286-x     Document Type: Review

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