Multislice computed tomography perfusion imaging for visualization of acute pulmonary embolism: Animal experience

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1378-1386

  Wildberger, Joachim Ernst ^a   Klotz, Ernst ^b   Ditt, Hendrik ^b   Spüntrup, Elmar ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional computed tomography; Lung perfusion; Multislice computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SLICE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22144462160     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2718-9     Document Type: Article

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