Factors in the technical quality of gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for pulmonary embolism in PIOPED III

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-312

  Dirk Sostman, H ^a   Jablonski, Kathleen A ^b   Woodard, Pamela K ^c   Stein, Paul D ^d   Naidich, David P ^e   Chenevert, Thomas L ^f   Weg, John G ^f   Hales, Charles A ^g   Hull, Russell D ^h   Goodman, Lawrence R ⁱ   Tapson, Victor F ^j  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Artifacts; Image quality; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary MR angiography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTIFACTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861481124     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9820-7     Document Type: Article

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