Comparison of test performance characteristics of MRI, MR angiography, and CT angiography in the diagnosis of carotid and vertebral artery dissection: A review of the medical literature

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1167-1174

  Provenzale, James M ^a,b   Sarikaya, Basar ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; CT angiography (CTA); Dissection; MR angiography (MRA); MRI; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISSECTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 70349696419     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1688     Document Type: Review

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