CT diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1201-1205

  Goodman, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary, 60.721; Pulmonary angiography, 60.12116; Veins, extremities, 935.751; Veins, thrombosis, 935.751

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0034222134     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl161201     Document Type: Article

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