Carotid stenosis degree in CT angiography: Assessment based on luminal area versus luminal diameter measurements

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2359-2365

  Zhang, Zishu ^a,b   Berg, Marja ^a   Ikonen, Aki ^a   Könönen, Mervi ^a   Kälviäinen, Reetta ^a   Manninen, Hannu ^a   Vanninen, Ritva ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; CT angiography; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27744521054     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2801-2     Document Type: Article

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