CT pulmonary angiography in the detection of pulmonary embol. A meta-analysis of sensitivities and specificities

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-105

  Safriel, Yair ^a   Zinn, Harry ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Emboli; Meta analysis; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

SENSITIVITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036177949     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(01)00366-7     Document Type: Article

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