Pitfalls in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism on spiral computer tomography

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-84

  Aviram, Galit ^a,b   Levy, Gad ^a,b   Fishman, Joel E ^a,b   Blank, Annat ^a,b   Graif, Moshe ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 1342307464     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpradiol.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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