Scanning Systems and Protocols Used During Imaging for Acute Pulmonary Embolism. How Much Do Our Clinical Colleagues Know?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 678-685

  Scatarige, John C ^a   Weiss, Clifford R ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^b   Haponik, Edward F ^b   Merriman, Barry ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Pulmonary Embolism; Awareness; Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography; Computed Tomographic Vernography; Computed Tomography; Imaging Equipment; Imaging Technology; Multidetector Computed Tomography; SPECT; Survey; Ventilation Perfusion Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 33646182578     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.02.032     Document Type: Article

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