CT pulmonary angiography for the detection of pulmonary embolism: interobserver agreement between on-call radiology residents and specialists (CTPA interobserver agreement)

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-270

  Shaham, Dorith ^a   Heffez, Rachel ^a   Bogot, Naama R ^a   Libson, Eugene ^a   Brezis, Mayer ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; Interobserver agreement; On call radiologist; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; ON-CALL RADIOLOGIST; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOLOGY;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ISRAEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745260418     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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