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A Volumetric Metric for Monitoring Intracranial Aneurysms: Repeatability and Growth Criteria in a Longitudinal MR Imaging Study

X. Liu, H. Haraldsson, Y. Wang, E. Kao, M. Ballweber, A.J. Martin, C.E. McCulloch, F. Faraji, D. Saloner and for the UCSF Intracranial Aneurysm Monitoring Group
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2021, 42 (9) 1591-1597; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7190
X. Liu
aFrom the Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (X.L.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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H. Haraldsson
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
cDepartment of Radiology (Y.W.), Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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E. Kao
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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M. Ballweber
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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C.E. McCulloch
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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F. Faraji
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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D. Saloner
bDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (X.L., H.H., Y.W., E.K., M.B., A.J.M., C.E.M., F.F., D.S), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Californa
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X. Liu, H. Haraldsson, Y. Wang, E. Kao, M. Ballweber, A.J. Martin, C.E. McCulloch, F. Faraji, D. Saloner, for the UCSF Intracranial Aneurysm Monitoring Group
A Volumetric Metric for Monitoring Intracranial Aneurysms: Repeatability and Growth Criteria in a Longitudinal MR Imaging Study
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