Pulmonary thromboembolism: Recent developments in diagnosis with CT and MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 561-574

  Gefter, Warren B ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a,c   Holland, George A ^a   Gupta, Krishanu B ^a   Henschke, Claudia I ^b   Palevsky, Harold I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, CT; Lung, MR; Pulmonary arteries, CT; Pulmonary arteries, MR; State of art reviews

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0028845728     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.197.3.7480717     Document Type: Review

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