Computed tomography pulmonary angiography with pelvic venography in the evaluation of thrombo-embolic disease

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-145

  Au, Virginia WK ^a,b   Walsh, Geraldine ^a   Fon, Gerald ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Division of Medical Imaging   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pelvic venography; Thrombo embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VEIN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035009104     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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