Anatomic variants of the anterior part of the cerebral arterial circle at multidetector computed tomography angiography;Variantes anatomiques de la partie antérieure du cercle artériel de la base du cerveau en angioscanner multidétecteur

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Niederberger, E ^a   Gauvrit, J Y ^a   Morandi, X ^a   Carsin Nicol, B ^a   Gauthier, T ^a   Ferre J C ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cerebral arterial circle; Intracranial arterial diseases; Multidetector CT angiography

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENETIC 300;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALLOSOMARGINAL ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERICALLOSAL ARTERY; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77954175104     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2009.12.004     Document Type: Review

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