Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: New computed tomography applications

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-160

  Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Thieme, Sven ^a   Sommer, Wieland ^a   Johnson, Thorsten ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy computed tomography; Dualsource computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; X RAY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952353942     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181d9ca1d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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