The value of power Doppler ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of intracranial extraaxial fluid collections

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-63

  Zenger, Mehmet Noyan ^a   Kabataş, Serdar ^b   Zenger, Seda ^c   Çakmakçi, Handan ^d  

^a Bilgi Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bati Bahat Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Meram Research and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intracranial collections; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL EXTRAAXIAL FLUID COLLECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34249986118     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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