Measurement of carotid stenosis on computed tomographic angiography: Reliability depends on postprocessing technique

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Howard, Peter ^a   Bartlett, Eric S ^a   Symons, Sean P ^a   Fox, Allan J ^a   Aviv, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; CT angiography; Doppler ultrasound; NASCET

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77952582604     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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