Cerebrovascular geometry in the anterior circulation: An analysis of diameter, length and the vessel taper

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-375

  Rai, Ansaar T ^a   Hogg, Jeffery P ^a   Cline, Brendan ^a   Hobbs, Gerald ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY LENGTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TAPER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR GEOMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY TERMINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; CATHETER; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG; INTERVENTION; MRI; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84875677939     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010314     Document Type: Article

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