Internal carotid artery stenosis: Accuracy of subjective visual impression for evaluation with digital subtraction angiography and contrast-enhanced MR angiography

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 213-222

  U King Im, Jean Marie ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Cross, Justin J ^a   Higgins, Nicholas J ^a   Wat, Josephine ^a   Trivedi, Rikin A ^a   Tang, Tjun ^a   Howarth, Simon P S ^a   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Antoun, Nagui M ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250862766     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2441060749     Document Type: Article

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