Imaging the vertebral artery

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1329-1343

  Tay, Keng Yeow ^a   U King Im, Jean Marie ^a   Trivedi, Rikin A ^a   Higgins, Nicholas J ^a   Cross, Justin J ^a   Davies, John R ^a   Weissberg, Peter L ^a   Antoun, Nagui M ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomographic angiography; Magnetic angiography; Ultrasound; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 22144461446     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2679-z     Document Type: Review

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