Prospective comparison of helical CT and MR imaging in clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-281

  Dirk Sostman, H ^a,d   Layish, Daniel T ^a   Tapson, Victor F ^a   Spritzer, Charles E ^a   DeLong, David M ^a   Trotter, Priscilla ^a   MacFall, James R ^a   Patz Jr , Edward F ^a   Goodman, Philip C ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^b   Foo, Thomas K F ^c   Farber, Joshua L ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary embolism; Helical CT; Pulmonary MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030090545     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060203     Document Type: Article

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