64-Multidetector-row spiral CT in pulmonary embolism with emphasis on incidental findings

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 335-341

  Sohns, Christian ^a   Amarteifio, Erick ^a   Sossalla, Samuel ^a   Heuser, Markus ^a   Obenauer, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

64 Multidetector row spiral CT; Incidental findings; please check if appropriate. >; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW;

64-MULTIDETECTOR-ROW SPIRAL CT; CLINICAL COURSES; CLINICAL USES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCEMENT; CT SCANNING; DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT; PATIENT AGE; PULMONARY ARTERIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPIRAL CT; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50049125789     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.01.028     Document Type: Article

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