Interpretation errors in CT angiography of the head and neck and the benefit of double reading

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2132-2135

  Lian, K ^a   Bharatha, A ^a   Aviv, R I ^a   Symons, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAVERNOUS CAROTID; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NECK; NEURORADIOLOGY; PARAOPHTHALMIC ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455188520     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2678     Document Type: Article

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