A comparison of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and digital subtraction angiography findings in the diagnosis of infected aortic aneurysm

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Lin, Ming Pin ^a   Chang, Shih Chin ^a   Wu, Reng Hong ^a   Chou, Chung Kuao ^a   Tzeng, Wen Sheng ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Infected aortic aneurysm; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARCHES; BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC ARCH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; INFECTED AORTIC ANEURYSM; SOFT-TISSUE MASS; STRANDINGS; THORACIC AORTA;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; GAS EMBOLISM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; SALMONELLOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49949083650     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31814db154     Document Type: Article

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