Contrast-enhanced MR angiography is not more accurate than unenhanced 2D time-of-flight MR angiography for determining ≤70% internal carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Babiarz, L S ^a   Romero, J M ^a   Murphy, E K ^a   Brobeck, B ^a   Schaefer, P W ^a   Gonzalez R G ^a   Lev, M H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STANDARD; TWO DIMENSIONAL TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649085267     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1464     Document Type: Article

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