The measurement of stenosis of the internal carotid artery: Comparison of Doppler ultrasound, digital subtraction angiography and the 3D CT volume rendering technique

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Supplement

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-55

  Flis, Vojko ^a   Tetičkovič, Erik ^a   Breznik, Silva ^a   Štirn, Barbara ^a   Matela, Jože ^a   Miksić, Kazimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography; Doppler ultrasound; Internal carotid artery; Measurement; Stenosis; Three dimensional volume rendering technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 3242803688     PISSN: 03005178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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