Spiral CT of acute pulmonary thromboembolism: Evaluation of pleuroparenchymal abnormalities

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-373

  Johnson, Pamela T ^a,d   Wechsler, Richard J ^a   Salazar, Ana M ^a   Fisher, Andrea M ^b   Nazarian, Levon N ^a   Steiner, Robert M ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Main Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, Spiral; Lungs, abnormalities; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES;

ACUTE PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; INTRALUMINAL; LUNG ABNORMALITIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPECTRA'S; SPIRAL CT; THORACIC CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032905485     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199905000-00009     Document Type: Article

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