Imaging of primary and secondary inflammatory diseases involving large and medium-sized vessels and their potential mimics: A multitechnique approach

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 848-856

  Spira, Daniel ^a   Kotter, Ina ^a   Ernemann, Ulrike ^a   Balletshofer, Bernd ^a   Pfannenberg, Christina A ^a   Fenchel, Michael ^a   Horger, Marius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; CT; Large vessel vasculitis; Medium sized vessel vasculitis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77749277411     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3367     Document Type: Article

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