Spiral CT for pulmonary embolism

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 503-510

  Goodman, P C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Radiology; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034527567     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-13188     Document Type: Review

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