A comparison of radiopharmaceutical agents used for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 375-381

  Rizzo Padoin, N ^a   Farina, A ^a   Le Pen, C ^a   Duet, M ^b   Mundler, O ^b   Leverge, R ^b  

^a Departments of Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Krypton 81m; Pharmacoeconomics; Radioaerosols; Radiopharmaceutical; Ventilation scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

KRYPTON 81M; PENTETIC ACID; RUBIDIUM 81; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERGONOMICS; GENERATOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

AEROSOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SAFETY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0035075951     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200104000-00005     Document Type: Article

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