Classification of carotid stenosis by millimeter CT angiography measures: Effects of prevalence and gender

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1677-1683

  Bartlett, Eric S ^a   Walters, T D ^b   Symons, S P ^a   Aviv, R I ^a   Fox, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENDER; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PREVALENCE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54249118300     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1210     Document Type: Article

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