The thickness and texture of temporal bone in brain CT predict acoustic window failure of transcranial doppler

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-352

  Kwon, Jee Hyun ^a   Kim, Jong S ^b   Kang, Dong Wha ^b   Bae, Kyun Seop ^b   Kwon, Sun U ^b,c  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Hypercholesterolemia; Inhomogeneity; Temporal acoustic window failure; Thickness of the temporal bone; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SIGMOID; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33749475522     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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