Actual role of unenhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA TOF 3D) in the study of stenosis and occlusion of extracranial carotid artery;Ruolo attuale dell'angio RM senza mezzo di contrasto (TOF 3D) nella valutazione della steno occlusione della carotide interna

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 497-503

  Scarabino, Tommaso ^b   Fossaceca, Rita ^a   Carra, Laura ^a   Florio, Francesco ^b   Marano, Giuseppe ^a   Carriero, Alessandro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UOC di Radiologia   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D Time of Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography (3D TOF MRA); Carotid arteries; Comparative study; Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE MRA); Stenosis and occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0742301346     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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