Comparison of doses for pulmonary embolism detection with helical CT and pulmonary angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1515-1521

  Resten, Arnaud ^a   Mausoleo, Franck ^a   Valero, M ^b   Musset, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b Off Protect Rayonnements Ionisants   (France)

Author keywords

CT; Lung; Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0037929762     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1522-z     Document Type: Article

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