Evaluation of carotid artery stenosis: Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography compared with conventional digital subtraction angiography

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-119

  Goyal, Mayank ^a   Nicol, Julie ^a   Gandhi, Dheeraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342487286     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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