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Angiography Reveals That Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Vascular Hyperintensities Are Due to Slow Flow, Not Thrombus
N. Sanossian, J.L. Saver, J.R. Alger, D. Kim, G.R. Duckwiler, R. Jahan, F. Vinuela, B. Ovbiagele and D.S. Liebeskind
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2009, 30 (3) 564-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1388
N. Sanossian
J.L. Saver
J.R. Alger
D. Kim
G.R. Duckwiler
R. Jahan
F. Vinuela
B. Ovbiagele

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Angiography Reveals That Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Vascular Hyperintensities Are Due to Slow Flow, Not Thrombus
N. Sanossian, J.L. Saver, J.R. Alger, D. Kim, G.R. Duckwiler, R. Jahan, F. Vinuela, B. Ovbiagele, D.S. Liebeskind
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2009, 30 (3) 564-568; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1388
Angiography Reveals That Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Vascular Hyperintensities Are Due to Slow Flow, Not Thrombus
N. Sanossian, J.L. Saver, J.R. Alger, D. Kim, G.R. Duckwiler, R. Jahan, F. Vinuela, B. Ovbiagele, D.S. Liebeskind
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2009, 30 (3) 564-568; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1388
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