Dural sinus thrombosis: Sources of error in image interpretation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Provenzale, James M ^a,b   Kranz, Peter G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Dural sinus thrombosis; Infarction; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTIFACT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650958934     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5323     Document Type: Review

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