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Improved Detection of Anterior Circulation Occlusions: The “Delayed Vessel Sign” on Multiphase CT Angiography

D. Byrne, G. Sugrue, E. Stanley, J.P. Walsh, S. Murphy, E.C. Kavanagh and P.J. MacMahon
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2017, 38 (10) 1911-1916; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5317
D. Byrne
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.B., G.S., E.S., E.C.K., P.J.M.)
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G. Sugrue
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.B., G.S., E.S., E.C.K., P.J.M.)
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E. Stanley
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.B., G.S., E.S., E.C.K., P.J.M.)
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J.P. Walsh
cDepartment of Radiology (J.P.W.), St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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S. Murphy
bStroke Medicine (S.M.), Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
dSchool of Medicine (S.M., E.C.K., P.J.M.), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
eRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School (S.M.), Dublin, Ireland.
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E.C. Kavanagh
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.B., G.S., E.S., E.C.K., P.J.M.)
dSchool of Medicine (S.M., E.C.K., P.J.M.), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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P.J. MacMahon
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.B., G.S., E.S., E.C.K., P.J.M.)
dSchool of Medicine (S.M., E.C.K., P.J.M.), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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