Computed Tomographic Angiography in Stroke Imaging: Fundamental Principles, Pathologic Findings, and Common Pitfalls

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-242

  Gupta, Rajiv ^a   Jones, Stephen E ^a   Mooyaart, Eline A Q ^b   Pomerantz, Stuart R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CALCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBOLISM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINUS VENOSUS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744802204     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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