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Intracranial Vessels

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X-ray angiography remains the gold standard for the study of intracranial vessels (Brant- Zawadzki et al. 1983). For some time now, conventional cut film angiography has been replaced by digital subtraction techniques. After initial over-enthusiasm for the intravenous application of digital subtraction angiography, the method was rapidly abandoned due to insufficient vessel contrast, super-imposition of vascular territories, and the requirement of good patient cooperation (Wilms et al. 1983). Nowadays the intra-arterial selective and superselective study of the intracranial vessels with digital subtraction is routinely used for the visualization of the intracranial Vessels (Brant-Zawadzki et al. 1983).

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Marchal, G., Wilms, G., Bosmans, H. (1996). Intracranial Vessels. In: Arlart, I.P., Bongartz, G.M., Marchal, G. (eds) Magnetic Resonance Angiography. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97926-2_9

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