Relationship between quantitative CT of pulmonary small vessels and pulmonary perfusion

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 719-724

  Matsuoka, Shin ^a   Yamashiro, Tsuneo ^a   Matsushita, Shoichiro ^a   Fujikawa, Atsuko ^a   Yagihashi, Kunihiro ^a   Kurihara, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cross sectional area; Pulmonary perfusion; Pulmonary vessels; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY SMALL VESSEL ALTERATION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896969739     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11027     Document Type: Article

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