Diagnosis of blunt cerebrovascular injuries with 16-MDCT: Accuracy of whole-body MDCT compared with neck MDCT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 790-799

  Sliker, Clint W ^a   Shanmuganathan, Kathirkamanathan ^a   Mirvis, Stuart E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Cerebrovascular injury; MDCT; MDCT angiography; Whole body MDCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR TRAUMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 39749135357     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2378     Document Type: Article

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