Aneurysm volume-to-ostium area ratio: A parameter useful for discriminating the rupture status of intracranial aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-317

  Yasuda, Ryuta ^a,b   Strother, Charles M ^a   Taki, Waro ^b   Shinki, Kazuhiko ^c   Royalty, Kevin ^d   Pulfer, Kari ^a   Karmonik, Christof ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aspect ratio; Hemodynamics; Rupture; Volume to ostium ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPECT RATIO; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUME TO OSTIUM AREA RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951670707     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182010ed0     Document Type: Article

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