Ultrasound velocity criteria for vertebral origin stenosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-245

  Koch, Sebastian ^a,b   Romano, Jose G ^a   Park, Hannah ^a   Amir, Murtaza ^a   Forteza, Alejandro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Professional Arts Center 609   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Velocity thresholds; Vertebral origin stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VELOCITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 67650730439     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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