The effect of imaging modality on patient management in the evaluation of pulmonary thromboembolism

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-169

  Crawford, Tyler ^a   Yoon, Chun ^a   Wolfson, Kenneth ^a   Beller, Mark ^a   Emerick, Aletha ^a   Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   Aberle, Denise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), angiography; Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, radionuclide studies; Radionuclide imaging, comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0034971920     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200107000-00004     Document Type: Article

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