High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3.0 Tesla in the short-term follow-up of patients with proven cervical artery dissection

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 460-466

  Bachmann, Rainald ^a   Nassenstein, Isabelle ^a   Kooijman, Hendrik ^b   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Stehling, Christoph ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Niederstadt, Thomas ^a   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a   Krämer, Stefan ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical artery dissection; High field strength imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS;

EID: 34249017574     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000262758.98098.d6     Document Type: Article

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