Incremental diagnostic quality gain of CTA over V/Q scan in the assessment of pulmonary embolism by means of a Wells score Bayesian model: results from the ACDC collaboration

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 355-359

  Cochon, Laila ^a   McIntyre, Kaitlin ^b   Nicolás, José M ^a   Baez, Amado Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; V Q scan

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 85013839871     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-017-1486-6     Document Type: Article

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