Anatomic distribution of pulmonary emboli at pulmonary angiography: Implications for cross-sectional imaging

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Oser, Rachel F ^a   Zuckerman, Darryl A ^a   Gutierrez, Fernando R ^a   Brink, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography, comparative studies; Embolism, pulmonary; Pulmonary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0029915329     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633168     Document Type: Article

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