High-grade stenoses of the internal carotid artery: Comparison of high-resolution contrast enhanced 3D MRA, duplex sonography and power Doppler imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-386

  Clevert, D A ^a,c   Johnson, T ^a   Michaely, H ^a   Jung, E M ^b   Flach, P M ^a   Strautz, T I ^a   Reiser, M ^a   Schoenberg, S O ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Diagnostic Radiology   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color coded duplex ultrasound; High resolution MRA; ICA stenoses; Power Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR CODED DUPLEX ULTRASOUND; HIGH-RESOLUTION MRA; ICA STENOSES; POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKILL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 33751218888     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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