The accuracy of V/Q SPECT in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: A meta-analysis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 565-572

  Kan, Ying ^a   Yuan, Leilei ^a   Meeks, Jacqui K ^b   Li, Chunlin ^a   Liu, Wencao ^c   Yang, Jigang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c SHAANXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

perfusion; Pulmonary embolism; SPECT; ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PARTICLE BEAMS; VENTILATION;

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; PERFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECT;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); LUNG; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING;

HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84930905232     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114533682     Document Type: Article

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