Diagnostic accuracy of colour Doppler ultrasonography, CT angiography and blood-pool-enhanced MR angiography in assessing carotid stenosis: A comparative study with DSA in 170 patients;Accuratezza diagnostica nella valutazione della stenosi carotidea di eco-color Doppler, angio-TC ed angio-RM con mezzo di contrasto intravascolare: valutazione comparativa dell'accuratezza diagnostica con DSA in 170 pazienti

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-71

  Anzidei, M ^a   Napoli, A ^a   Zaccagna, F ^a   Di Paolo, P ^a   Saba, L ^b   Cavallo Marincola, B ^b   Zini, C ^a   Cartocci, G ^a   Di Mare, L ^a   Catalano, C ^a   Passariello, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AREA UNDER CURVE; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84857655533     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0651-3     Document Type: Article

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