Comparison of NASCET and WASID criteria for the measurement of intracranial stenosis using digital subtraction and computed tomography angiography of the middle cerebral artery

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 342-345

  Huang, Jun ^a   Degnan, Andrew J ^b   Liu, Qi ^a   Teng, Zhongzhao ^b   Yue, Chen Shi ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^b   Lu, Jian Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebral angiography; Intracranial stenosis; Stroke imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NORTH AMERICAN SYMPTOMATIC CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY TRIAL; WARFARIN ASPIRIN SYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870685233     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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