CT angiography of the upper extremity arterial system: Part 1-anatomy, technique, and use in trauma patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 745-752

  Bozlar, Ugur ^a,b   Ogur, Torel ^a   Norton, Patrick T ^a   Khaja, Minhaj S ^a   All, Jaime ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arteries; CT angiography; Trauma; Upper extremit

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARM; ARM INJURY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84886386592     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11207     Document Type: Article

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