The dural venous sinuses: Normal intraluminal architecture defined on contrast-enhanced MR venography

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 727-732

  Farb, Richard I ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Duralvenous sinuses; MR; Venography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN VEIN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JUGULAR VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE PHLEBOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 34548526740     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0250-0     Document Type: Article

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