Pre-surgical evaluation of ICA-stenosis using 3D power doppler, 3D color coded doppler sonography, 3D B-flow and contrast enhanced B-flow in correlation to CTA/MRA: First clinical results

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-116

  Pfister, K ^a   Rennert, J ^a   Greiner, B ^a   Jung, W ^b   Stehr, A ^a   Gossmann H ^a   Menzel, C ^a   Zorger, N ^a   Prantl, L ^a   Feuerbach, S ^a   Kasprzak, P ^a   Jung, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; B flow; Carotid EEA; Contrast agent; ICA stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACCUPAQUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOPENTATE; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 66549119707     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1161     Document Type: Article

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