Quantification of atheromatous stenosis in the extracranial internal carotid artery

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 414-426

  de Bray, J M ^a   Glatt, B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Color doppler flow imaging; Consensus; Continuous wave doppler sonography; Duplex sonography; Extracranial internal carotid artery; MR angiography; Quantification; X ray angiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749102147     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107895     Document Type: Article

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