Comparison of lung scintigraphy with multi-slice spiral computed tomography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 424-427

  Wang, Feng ^a   Fang, Wei ^a   Lv, Bin ^a   Lu, Jin Guo ^a   Xiong, Chang Ming ^a   Ni, Xin Hai ^a   He, Zuo Xiang ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Lung scan; Multislice CT; Pulmonary embolism; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650630941     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a7cfea     Document Type: Article

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