Gadolinium-enhanced pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism: a prospective study on 48 patients

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Pleszewski, Bartlomiej ^a   Chartrand Lefebvre, Carl ^a   Qanadli, Salah D ^c   Déry, Renée ^a   Perreault, Pierre ^a   Oliva, Vincent L ^b   Prenovault, Julie ^b   Belblidia, Assia ^a   Soulez, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography (CT); Embolism; Magnetic resonance (MR); Pulmonary; Vascular studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY; VASCULAR STUDIES;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ALBUMIN TC 99M; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; IODINE; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646055466     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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