Pulmonary Embolism in Pediatric Patients: Survey of CT Pulmonary Angiography Practices and Policies

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1543-1549

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA); Imaging policy and practice; Pulmonary embolism (PE); Radiation dose reduction; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLICY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149407401     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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