Limitations of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography in the diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-34

  Schwab, Kristin E ^a   Gailloud, Philippe ^a   Wyse, Gerald ^a   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography; Intracranial aneurysm; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58749085216     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335068.53190.46     Document Type: Article

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