CT in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism [3]

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1707-

  Ravenel, James G ^a   Costello, Philip ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 19844367466     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.5.01841707     Document Type: Letter

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