The clinical utility of a diagnostic imaging algorithm incorporating low-dose perfusion scans in the evaluation of pregnant patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-32

  Abele, Jonathan T ^a   Sunner, Parveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

computed tomography; pregnancy; pulmonary embolism; scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; IOHEXOL; MICROALBUMIN TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871658439     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31827088f6     Document Type: Article

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