Contrast enhanced chest-MDCT in oncologic patients. Prospective evaluation of the prevalence of incidental pulmonary embolism and added value of thin reconstructions

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3200-3206

  Tresoldi, Silvia ^a   Flor, Nicola ^a   Luciani, Andrea ^a   Lombardi, Maria Antonietta ^b   Colombo, Bernardo ^b   Cornalba, Gianpaolo ^a,b  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnostic imaging; Multidetector computed tomography; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COLON TUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84943357254     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3739-7     Document Type: Article

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