Spiral computed tomography for pulmonary embolism

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Howling, Sarah J ^a,b   Hansell, David M ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033630956     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.1.1862     Document Type: Article

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