Sonographic NASCET index: A new doppler parameter for assessment of internal carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-75

  Hathout, Gasser M ^a,b   Fink, James R ^a   El Saden, Suzie M ^a,b   Grant, Edward G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 18744364468     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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