Detection of pulmonary embolism using 16-slice multidetector-row computed tomography: Evaluation of different image reconstruction parameters

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-82

  Heuschmid, Martin ^a,c   Mann, Carolin ^a   Luz, Oliver ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^b   Reimann, Anja ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Kopp, Andreas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; Multidetector row computed tomography; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; IMAGES RECONSTRUCTION; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLICE THICKNESS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SLICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; READING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 30144439028     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000182854.90520.4a     Document Type: Article

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