Transcranial color-coded sonography for the detection of middle cerebral artery stenosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-457

  Tang, Sung Chun ^a   Jeng, Jiann Shing ^a   Yip, Ping Keung ^a   Lu, Chien Jung ^a   Hwang, Bao Show ^a   Lin, Wen Hwan ^a   Liu, Hon Man ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; Middle cerebral artery; Transcranial color coded sonography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT TREATMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CEREBRAL ARTERY; SONOGRAPHY; STENOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CODING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL COLOR CODED SONOGRAPHY;

EID: 16344384586     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.4.451     Document Type: Article

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