Pulmonary embolism: Prospective comparison of spiral CT with ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 447-452

  Mayo, John R ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^b   Müller, Nestor L ^a   Remy, Jacques ^b   Worsley, Daniel F ^a   Hossein Foucher, Claude ^b   Kwong, J Stephen ^a   Brown, Maura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, radionuclide studies; Pulmonary arteries, CT; Pulmonary arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Radionuclide imaging, comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030711577     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.2.9356627     Document Type: Article

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