Frequency of adequate contrast opacification of the major intracranial venous structures with CT angiography in the setting of intracerebral hemorrhage: Comparison of 16- and 64-section CT angiography techniques

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 839-845

  Delgado Almandoz, Josser E ^a,b   Su, H S ^a   Schaefer, P W ^a   Goldstein, J N ^a   Pomerantz, S R ^a   Lev, M H ^a   Gonzalez R G ^a   Romero, J M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DURAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956141234     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2388     Document Type: Article

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