Accuracy of CT angiography in the assessment of a fetal origin of the posterior cerebral artery

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1627-1633

  van der Lugt, A ^a   Buter, T C ^a   Govaere, F ^a   Siepman, D A M ^a   Tanghe, H L J ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Circle of Willis; Digital subtraction; Infarction, posterior cerebral artery; Posterior cerebral artery; Spiral computed; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APLASIA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544346164     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2333-1     Document Type: Review

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