Clinical value of thin collimation in the diagnostic workup of pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 407-411

  Remy Jardin, Martine ^a   Remy, Jacques ^a   Baghaie, Froohar ^a   Fribourg, Marc ^a   Artaud, Dominique ^a   Duhamel, Alain ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033867293     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750407     Document Type: Article

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