CTA in the detection and quantification of vertebral artery pathologies: A correlation with color Doppler sonography

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 645-650

  Puchner, Stefan ^a   Haumer, Markus ^a   Rand, Thomas ^a   Reiter, Markus ^a   Minar, Erich ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Bucek, Robert A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Stenosis; Subclavian steal syndrome; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

AGED; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 34547434077     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0234-0     Document Type: Article

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