New imaging techniques for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 280-285

  Layish, Daniel T ^a   Tapson, Victor F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031183014     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199707000-00008     Document Type: Article

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