Twinkling artifact on intracerebral color Doppler sonography.
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Transcranial Doppler sonography shows potential as a noninvasive technique for long-term follow-up of treated intracranial saccular aneurysms. This technical note describes a color Doppler artifact related to microcoil architecture that might represent a potential pitfall in transcranial Doppler sonographic evaluation of aneurysmal cavity thrombosis, since it may be wrongly interpreted as residual flow or aneurysmal cavity recanalization.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 20 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999