Two-phase CT pulmonary angiography for detection of hilar pulmonary thromboembolism

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 414-417

  Hori, Yoshiro ^a   Yoshimura, Norihiko ^a   Ozaki, Toshirou ^b   Takano, Toru ^a   Ooi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kimura, Motomasa ^b   Sasai, Keisuke ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Saline solution flush

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASCENDING AORTA; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HILUS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26644468603     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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