Imaging Presentation of Venous Thrombosis in Patients with Cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1099-1108

  Khosa, Faisal ^a   Otero, Hansel J ^b   Prevedello, Luciano M ^c   Rybicki, Frank J ^c   Di Salvo, Donald N ^a,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MR; PET; Ultrasound; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77950601425     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2501     Document Type: Review

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