Imaging characteristics and embolus burden of unreported pulmonary embolism in oncologic patients

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-242

  Bach, Andreas Gunter ^a   Beckel, Christoph ^a   Schurig, Nico ^a   Schramm, Dominik ^a   Taute, Bettina Maria ^a   Wienke, Andreas ^a   Surov, Alexey ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Embolus burden; Incidental pulmonary embolism; Medical imaging perception; Quality assurance; Unreported pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DATA SUPPORT; EMBOLUS BURDEN; FALSE NEGATIVES; FOLLOW UP; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

COST OF ILLNESS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925936921     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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