Aneurysms of the posterior circulation: Detection and treatment planning using volume-rendered three-dimensional helical computerized tomography angiography

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1018-1029

  Villablanca, J Pablo ^a   Achiriolaie, Adina ^a   Hooshi, Parizad ^a   Martin, Neil ^a   Duckwiler, Gary ^a   Jahan, Reza ^a   Frazee, John ^a   Gobin, Pierre ^a   Sayre, James ^a   Viñuela, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cerebral aneurysm; Computerized tomography angiography; Digital subtraction angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NEUROSURGERY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 32044444120     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.6.1018     Document Type: Article

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