Asymmetry of intracranial internal carotid artery on 3D TOF MR angiography: A sign of unilateral extracranial stenosis

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1038-1042

  Naggara, Olivier ^a   Touzé, Emmanuel ^a   Seiller, Nicolas ^a   Gobin Metteil, Marie Pierre ^a   Mas, Jean Louis ^a   Meder, Jean François ^a   Oppenheim, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52049096148     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0835-3     Document Type: Article

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