CT angiographic analysis of carotid artery stenosis: Comparison of manual assessment, semiautomatic vessel analysis, and digital subtraction angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Silvennoinen, Heli ^a   Ikonen, S ^a   Soinne, L ^a   Railo, M ^a   Valanne, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846432396     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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