MR imaging: Influence of imaging technique and postprocessing on measurement of internal carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1736-1742

  Runck, Frank ^a,c   Steiner, R P ^b   Bautz, W A ^c   Lell, M M ^c  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54249109547     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1179     Document Type: Article

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