Bone subtraction CT angiography for the detection of intracranial aneurysms

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 526-533

  Ramasundara, S ^a   Mitchell, P J ^a   Dowling, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Angiography; Bone subtraction; Computed tomography; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 78650649772     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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