B-flow evaluation of carotid arterial stenosis: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 295-299

  Bucek, Robert A ^a   Reiter, Markus ^a   Koppensteiner, Irene ^a   Ahmadi, Ramazanali ^a   Minar, Erich ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arteriosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Doppler studies; Stenosis or obstruction; Ultrasound (US); US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036788306     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2243011374     Document Type: Article

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