SPECT/CT and pulmonary embolism

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Mortensen, Jann ^a,b   Gutte, Henrik ^a,c,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Department of Medicine and Neurophysiological Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Lung scintigraphy; Overview; Pulmonary CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; SPECT; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BREATHING FREQUENCY MONITOR; BREATHING RATE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SCANNER; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905566365     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2614-5     Document Type: Review

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