V/Q SPECT interpretation for pulmonary embolism diagnosis: Which criteria to use?

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1077-1081

  Roux, Pierre Yves Le ^a,c   Robin, Philippe ^a,c   Delluc, Aurélien ^a,b,c   Abgral, Ronan ^a,c   Duc Pennec, Alexandra Le ^a,c   Nowak, Emmanuel ^d   Couturaud, Francis ^a,b,c   Le Gal, Grégoire ^a,b,c   Salaun, Pierre Yves ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d Centre d'Investigation Clinique   (France)

Author keywords

Criteria; Pulmonary embolism; V Q SPECT

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CRITERIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; V/Q SPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879994721     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.113639     Document Type: Article

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