Successful and safe implementation of a trinary interpretation and reporting strategy for V/Q lung scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1508-1512

  Glaser, Joseph E ^a   Chamarthy, Murthy ^a,b   Haramati, Linda B ^a,c   Esses, David ^c   Freeman, Leonard M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung scan; Lung scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism; V Q

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRINARY INTERPRETATION; VENTILATION PERFUSION LUNG SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053554065     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.090753     Document Type: Article

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