New criteria for ventilation-perfusion lung scan interpretation: A basis for optimal interaction with helical CT angiography

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1206-1210

  Gottschalk, Alexander ^a  

^a St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary, 60.72; Lung, CT, 60.12115; Lung, diseases, 60.72; Lung, perfusion, 60.12171; Lung, ventilation, 60.1217

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0034222272     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl341206     Document Type: Article

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