Proceedings of the vascular imaging symposium visa 2003 Antwerp, December 12-13, 2003 (part two): CT angiography of the carotid arteries

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Prokop, M ^a   Waaijer, A ^a   Kreuzer, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTA ARCH; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 1542288240     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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