MR angiography of the extracranial circulation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-597

  Jewells, Valerie ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; REVIEW; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0347052851     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1064-9689(03)00067-9     Document Type: Review

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