Comparison among ultrasonography, multidetector-row CT and MRA for precise diagnosis of carotid stenosis

Grading of internal carotid artery stenosis with multidetector-row CT angiography: comparison between manual and semiautomatic measurements

MRA for carotid artery stenosis.

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Assessment of intracranial arterial stenosis with multidetector row CT angiography: a postprocessing techniques comparison.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It was demonstrated the some patients with stroke have intracranial stenosis of 50% or greater and the identification of intracranial arterial stenosis is extremely important in order to plan a correct therapeutical approach. The aim of this study was to assess the image quality and intertechnique agreement of various postprocessing methods in the detection of intracrania...

Ultrasonography of carotid stenosis

The classification of internal carotid artery stenosis is of great impact. The degree of stenosis is the main criterion for the decision between an invasive or non-invasive treatment of extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) stenoses. By now the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) criteria have been internationally approved for radiological grading. According to...

Comparison of multidetector-row computed tomography and duplex Doppler ultrasonography in detecting atherosclerotic carotid plaques complicated with intraplaque hemorrhage.

This study compared sensitivity and specificity of multidetector-row computed tomography and duplex Doppler ultrasonography in detecting atherosclerotic carotid plaques complicated with intraplaque hemorrhage. Carotid plaques from 50 patients operated for carotid artery stenosis were analyzed. Carotid endarterectomy was performed within one week of diagnostic evaluation. Results of multidetecto...