V/Q SPECT and computed tomographic pulmonary angiography

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 426-441

  Leblanc, Michel ^a,b,c,f   Paul, Narinder ^d,e  

^a Centre Hospitalier Rgional de Trois Rivires   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Centre hospitalier regional de Trois Rivieres   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRYPTON 81M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNEGAS; XENON 133;

BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 77957735245     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2010.08.001     Document Type: Review

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