MDCT angiography for detection and quantification of small intracranial arteries: Comparison with conventional catheter angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 593-602

  Villablanca, J Pablo ^a   Rodriguez, Fernando J ^a,b   Stockman, Tyler ^a   Dahliwal, Sonia ^a   Omura, Michelle ^a   Hazany, Saman ^a   Sayre, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2D; 3D; Catheter angiography; Cerebral arteries; CT angiography; Digital subtraction angiography

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846509781     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.2143     Document Type: Article

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