Reduced-dose CT: Effect on reader evaluation in detection of pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1371-1379

  MacKenzie, John D ^a,b   Nazario Larrieu, Javier ^a,c   Cai, Tianxi ^d   Ledbetter, M Stephen ^a   Duran Mendicuti, Maria Alejandra ^a   Judy, Philip F ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; CT angiography; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation dosage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36448995009     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2686     Document Type: Article

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