Color Doppler, power Doppler and B-flow ultrasound in the assessment of ICA stenosis: Comparison with 64-MD-CT angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2149-2159

  Clevert, D A ^a,c   Johnson, T ^a   Jung, E M ^b   Flach, P M ^a   Strautz, T I ^a   Ritter, G ^d   Gallegos, M T ^d   Kubale, R ^e   Becker, C ^a   Reiser, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Passau   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^e Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

B flow ultrasound; Color coded; Doppler sonography; Internal carotid artery; Multidetector CT angiography; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34547093395     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0488-7     Document Type: Article

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