Comparison of V/Q SPECT and planar V/Q lung scintigraphy in diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-86

  Gutte, Henrik ^a,b   Mortensen, Jann ^a   Jensen, Claus Verner ^a   Von Der Recke, Peter ^a   Petersen, Claus Leth ^c   Kristoffersen, Ulrik Sloth ^a,b   Kjaer, Andreas ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lung scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism; V Q SPECT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUNG; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VEINS;

EID: 74349095885     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283336747     Document Type: Article

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