Incidental Findings of Persistent Primitive Trigeminal Artery on 3-Dimensional Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 3.0 T: An Analysis of 25 Cases

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Chen, Yuan Chang ^a   Li, Ming Hua ^a   Chen, Shi Wen ^a   Hu, Ding Jun ^a   Qiao, Rui Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 dimensional time of flight magnetic resonance angiography; Intracranial aneurysm; Persistent primitive trigeminal artery; Saltzman classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79953052663     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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