Two different morphologies of chronic unilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion: Evaluation using high-resolution MRI

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 460-466

  Kim, Sun Mi ^a   Ryu, Chang Woo ^a   Jahng, Geon Ho ^a   Kim, Eui Jong ^a   Choi, Woo Suk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intracranial arterial stenosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RISK FACTOR; ALGORITHM; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908556707     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12009     Document Type: Article

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