Assessment of the intracranial stents patency and re-stenosis by 16-slice CT angiography with optimized sharp kernel: Preliminary study

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 284-288

  Choo, Ki Seok ^a   Lee, Tae Hong ^a   Choi, Chang Hwa ^b   Park, Kyung Pil ^a   Kim, Chang Won ^a   Kim, Suk ^a  

^a Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; CT angiography; Intracranial atherosclerosis; Multislice CT; Stents

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 70349664417     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2009.45.5.284     Document Type: Article

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