CT Venography in Suspected Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Katz, Douglas S ^a   Loud, Peter A ^b   Hurewitz, Adam N ^b   Mueller, Richard ^b   Grossman, Zachary D ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442300894     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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