Characteristics of microembolic signals detected near their origins in middle cerebral artery stenoses

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-132

  Gao, Shan ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Microembolic signals; Middle cerebral artery; Multifrequency signals; Stenosis; Transcranial Doppler; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0037382296     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403251190     Document Type: Article

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