Enhanced visualization of lung vessels for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism using dual energy CT angiography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Krissak, Radko ^a   Henzler, Thomas ^a   Reichert, Miriam ^a   Krauss, Bernhard ^b   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Fink, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy; Iodine; Lung vessels; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952469475     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181dfda37     Document Type: Article

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