Subsegmental pulmonary emboli: Improved detection with thin-collimation multi-detector row spiral CT

Radiology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 483-490

  Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Holzknecht, Nicolaus ^a   Helmberger, Thomas K ^a   Crispin, Alexander ^a   Hong, Cheng ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Pulmonary asteries, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036153994     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2222001802     Document Type: Article

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