MR angiography and imaging for the evaluation of middle cerebral artery atherosclerotic disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1427-1435

  Degnan, A J ^a   Gallagher, G ^b   Teng, Z ^a   Lu, J ^c   Liu, Q ^c   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENT;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866427968     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2697     Document Type: Review

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