Suspected and incidental pulmonary embolism on multidetector-row CT: Analysis of technical and morphological factors influencing the diagnosis in a cross-sectional cancer centre patient cohort

To assess technical and computed tomography (CT) predictors of true-positive (TP) and false-negative (FN) radiological diagnoses in a retrospective patient cohort with pulmonary embolism (PE) in the setting of a cancer centre. Two thousand, four hundred and twelve consecutive chest multidetector-row...

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Published in:Clinical radiology 2006, Vol.61 (1), p.71-80
Main Authors: Engelke, C., Manstein, P., Rummeny, E.J., Marten, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Contrast Media
Cross-Sectional Studies
Esophageal Neoplasms - complications
Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Pneumology
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulmonary Embolism - complications
Pulmonary Embolism - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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