Reduced Z-axis coverage multidetector CT angiography for suspected acute pulmonary embolism could decrease dose and maintain diagnostic accuracy

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Kallen, Joshua A ^a   Coughlin, Bret F ^a   O'Loughlin, Michael T ^a   Stein, Barry ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan parameters; CTA; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449523265     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-009-0818-6     Document Type: Article

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