Radionuclide Imaging of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-278

  Worsley, Daniel F ^a,c   Alavi, Abass ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242694399     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-2998(03)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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