Clinical usefulness of computed tomography study without contrast injection in the evaluation of acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-12

  Cobelli, Rocco ^a   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a   De Luca, Giovanni ^a   Chiari, Gianfranco ^a   Bresciani, Paolo ^a   Marcato, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clots; Computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism; Unenhanced

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISMS; CLOT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; ENHANCED SCAN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNENHANCED;

BLOOD;

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

EID: 13244284597     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000148274.45419.95     Document Type: Article

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