Is a lung perfusion scan obtained by using single photon emission computed tomography able to improve the radionuclide diagnosis of pulmonary embolism?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1107-1113

  Collart, J P ^a   Roelants, V ^a   Vanpee, D ^a   Lacrosse, M ^a   Trigaux, J P ^a   Delaunois, L ^a   Gillet, J B ^a   DE COSTER, P ^a   Vander borght, T ^a  

^a Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lung perfusion scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0036855626     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200211000-00011     Document Type: Article

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