Quantification of carotid stenosis on CT angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-19

  Bartlett, E S ^a   Walters, T D ^c   Symons, S P ^b   Fox, Allan J ^b,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEURORADIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644865130     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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