Ultrasound Criteria for Assessment of Vertebral Artery Origins.
Cory J RiceSung-Min ChoTamara StrohmLarry RaberIrene L KatzanMuhammad Shazam HussainKen UchinoPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2019)
Ultrasound has good sensitivity and excellent specificity for detecting vertebral origin occlusion. Flow velocity can be used to screen for severe stenosis of vertebral artery at origin.