High-contrast computed tomographic angiography better detects residual intracranial arteriovenous malformations in long-term follow-up after radiotherapy than 1.5-Tesla time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Giesel, Frederik L ^a,b   Essig, Marco ^a   Zabel Du Bois, Angelika ^a   Bock, Michael ^a   Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik Von ^a   Afshar Omarei, Ali ^b   Debus, Jrgen ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a,c   Krix, Martin ^a,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Bracco Imaging Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Time of flight magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; HIGH CONTRAST; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SLICE THICKNESS; THERAPY MONITORING; TIME OF FLIGHT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANEMOMETERS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; IOPAMIDOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649122231     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903433797     Document Type: Article

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