Bifurcation geometry and the presence of cerebral artery aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-113

  Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a   Morgan, Michael K ^b   Faulder, Ken ^b   Ingebrigtsen, Linda ^b   Sparr, Trygve ^b   Schirmer, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Computer assisted image processing; Digital subtraction angiography; Hemodynamics; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 3042568796     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.1.0108     Document Type: Article

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