Three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography in evaluation of vertebro-basilar artery dissections: Comparison with 2D DSA

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-233

  Sorimachi, Takatoshi ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Osamu ^a   Koike, Tetsuo ^a   Fujii, Yukihiko ^b  

^a NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissecting aneurysm; posterior inferior cerebellar artery; three dimensional digital subtraction angiography; vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 77954636177     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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