In vivo x-ray digital subtraction and CT angiography of the murine cerebrovasculature using an intra-arterial route of contrast injection

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1702-1709

  Figueiredo, G ^a   Boll, H ^a   Kramer, M ^b   Groden, C ^a   Brockmann, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867803910     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3071     Document Type: Article

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