Pulmonary embolism detection and characterization through quantitative iodine-based material decomposition images with spectral computed tomography imaging

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Wu, Hua Wei ^a   Cheng, Jie Jun ^a   Li, Jian Ying ^b   Yin, Yan ^a   Hua, Jia ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Lung perfusion; Pulmonary embolism; Spectral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84155167793     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31823441a1     Document Type: Article

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