Diagnostic accuracy of unenhanced, contrast-enhanced perfusion and angiographic MRI sequences for pulmonary embolism diagnosis: Results of independent sequence readings

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2374-2382

  Revel, Marie Pierre ^a,b,d   Sanchez, Olivier ^a,b,c   Lefort, Catherine ^a   Meyer, Guy ^a,b,c   Couchon, Sophie ^a   Hernigou, Anne ^a   Niarra, Ralph ^a,b   Chatellier, Gilles ^a,b,c   Frija, Guy ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion imaging; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882278429     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2852-8     Document Type: Article

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