Evaluation of the occlusion status of coiled intracranial aneurysms with MR angiography at 3T: Is contrast enhancement necessary?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1665-1671

  Sprengers, Marieke E S ^a   Schaafsma, J D ^c   Van Rooij, W J ^b   Van Den Berg, R ^a   Rinkel, G J E ^c   Akkerman, E M ^a   Ferns, S P ^a   Majoie, C B L M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349931108     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1678     Document Type: Article

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