Distribution of ventilation/perfusion ratios in pulmonary embolism: An adjunct to the interpretation of ventilation/perfusion lung scans

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1596-1602

  Itti, Emmanuel ^a   Nguyen, Séverine ^a   Robin, Fabrice ^a   Desarnaud, Serge ^a   Rosso, Jean ^a   Harf, Alain ^a   Meignan, Michel ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Distribution histogram; PIOPED; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation perfusion ratios

Indexed keywords

KRYPTON 81M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KRYPTON RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0036899743     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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