High-resolution contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of the carotid arteries using fluoroscopic monitoring of contrast arrival: Diagnostic accuracy and interobserver variability

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-170

  Butz, B ^a   Dorenbeck, U ^b   Borisch, I ^b   Zorger, N ^b   Lenhart, M ^b   Feuerbach, S ^b   Link, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Elliptic centric view ordering; Magnetic resonance imaging; Supra aortic arteries

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; TURBULENCE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELLIPTIC CENTRIC VIEW ORDERING; FLUOROSCOPIC MONITORING; SUPRA-AORTIC ARTERIES;

RADIOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2442604488     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410003699     Document Type: Article

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