Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography developments in imaging of venous thromboembolism

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1302-1312

  Van Langevelde, Kirsten ^a   Tan, Melanie ^a   Šrámek, Alexandr ^a   Huisman, Menno V ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CTPA; DVT; MRI; PE; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRIN; GADOLINIUM; TECHNEGAS;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 78649662644     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22379     Document Type: Review

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