Gadofosveset-enhanced MR angiography of carotid arteries: Does steady-state imaging improve accuracy of first-pass imaging? Comparison with selective digital subtraction angiography

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 457-466

  Anzidei, Michele ^a   Napoli, Alessandro ^a   Marincola, Beatrice Cavallo ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^a   Geiger, Daniel ^a   Zaccagna, Fulvio ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOFOSVESET; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66149146677     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2512081197     Document Type: Article

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