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The early 1900s marked the beginning of a new field in imaging, neuroradiology. Skull radiographs became available to the medical community in the first decade of the twentieth century. Ventriculography and pneumoencephalography soon followed 2 decades later. In the ensuing years, intra-arterial catheter-based vascular imaging heralded carotid angiography. Over the ensuing 40 years, many technical advances were made with angiographic imaging; however, patients did not tolerate these well-tolerated semi-invasive procedures and suffered significant morbidity.

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Shah, P.N. (2014). Neurological Imaging. In: Reinus, W. (eds) Clinician's Guide to Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8769-2_2

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  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

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