Quality of extracranial carotid evaluation with 256-section CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1626-1631

  Johnson, J M ^a,b   Reed, M S ^a   Burbank, H N ^a   Filippi, C G ^a  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883100732     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3433     Document Type: Article

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