Venous thromboembolic disease: Where does multidetector computed tomography fit?

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 631-638

  Gulsun, Meltem ^a   Goodman, Lawrence R ^b   Washington, Lacey ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASOUND; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE;

EID: 0347479247     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(03)00086-9     Document Type: Review

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