Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Outpatients: Comparison of Thin-Collimation Multi-Detector Row Spiral CT and Planar Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy

Radiology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 757-765

  Coche, Emmanuel ^a   Verschuren, Franck ^a   Keyeux, André ^a   Goffette, Pierre ^a   Goncette, Louis ^a   Hainaut, Philippe ^a   Hammer, Frank ^a   Lavenne, Edith ^a   Zech, Francis ^a   Meert, Philippe ^a   Reynaert, Marc S ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), multi detector row; Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, radionuclide studies

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 10744231465     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2293020889     Document Type: Article

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