Pulmonary embolism: Validation of spiral CT angiography in 149 patients

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 467-470

  Van Rossum, Astrid B ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^b   Ton, Erik R Tjin A ^b   Treurniet, Frank E E ^a   Arndt, Jan Willem ^b   Van Eck, Berthe ^b   Kieft, Gerard J ^a  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT); Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, radionuclide studies; Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary arteries, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029959067     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888242     Document Type: Article

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