Intracranial vessel wall MRI: Principles and expert consensus recommendations of the American society of neuroradiology

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 218-229

  Mandell, D M ^a   Mossa Basha, M ^b   Qiao, Y ^c   Hess, C P ^d   Hui, F ^c   Matouk, C ^e   Johnson, M H ^e   Daemen, M J A P ^f   Vossough, A ^g,h   Edjlali, M ⁱ   Saloner, D ^d   Ansari, S A ^j   Wasserman, B A ^c   Mikulis, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION INJURY; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; VASA VASORUM; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013356411     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4893     Document Type: Review

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