Dual energy CT for the assessment of lung perfusion-Correlation to scintigraphy

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Thieme, Sven F ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Hacker, Marcus ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy; Lung perfusion; Perfusion scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEFECTS; DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY; LUNG PERFUSION; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PERFUSION DEFECTS; PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56349165548     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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