Intraobserver and interobserver variability for measuring the wall area of the basilar artery at the level of the trigeminal ganglion on high-resolution MR images

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ma, N ^a   Lou, X ^b   Zhao, T Q ^b   Wong, E H C ^c   Jiang, W J ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; READING; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 79951619763     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2049     Document Type: Article

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