Magnetic resonance angiography of the carotid arteries using three different techniques: Accuracy compared with intraarterial x-ray angiography and endarterectomy specimens

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 424-431

  Fellner, Claudia ^a,b   Lang, Werner ^a   Janka, Rolf ^a   Wutke, Ralf ^a   Bautz, Werner ^a   Fellner, Franz A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance angiography; Specimen; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTERIAL X RAY ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15944373832     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20282     Document Type: Article

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