Helical CT for the evaluation of acute pulmonary embolism

S Patel, EA Kazerooni - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2005 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. In this article, we review the current role of CT pulmonary angiography and
indirect CT venography for the evaluation of pulmonary thromboembolic disease …

Effect of Patient Weight and Scanning Duration on Contrast Enhancement during Pulmonary Multidetector CT Angiography1

KT Bae, C Tao, S Gurel, C Hong, F Zhu, TA Gebke… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the amount of contrast medium required with 16-and
64-section computed tomography (CT) for a given patient weight to achieve desirable …

CT pulmonary angiography is the first-line imaging test for acute pulmonary embolism: a survey of US clinicians

CR Weiss, JC Scatarige, GB Diette, EF Haponik… - Academic radiology, 2006 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Our aim is to document current imaging practices for
diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism (PE) among physicians practicing in the United …

Diagnostic performance of complete lower limb venous ultrasound in patients with clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism

A Elias, D Colombier, G Victor, M Elias… - Thrombosis and …, 2004 - thieme-connect.com
A limited ultrasound (US) confined to the popliteal and femoral veins is usually performed to
detect deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with clinically suspected acute pulmonary …

Iodine maps from subtraction CT or dual-energy CT to detect pulmonary emboli with CT angiography: a multiple-observer study

D Grob, E Smit, J Prince, J Kist, L Stöger, B Geurts… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Dual-energy CT iodine maps are used to detect pulmonary embolism (PE) with
CT angiography but require dedicated hardware. Subtraction CT, a software-only solution …

Vascular filter with sensing capability

LJ Decant Jr, RW Kalis, DM Graves, DG Spilka… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
An implantable Vessel filter having an integrated sensing capability for monitoring the
condition of the vessel filter. In one variation, the vessel filter comprises a plurality of legs …

Prevalence and significance of nonthromboembolic findings on chest computed tomography angiography performed to rule out pulmonary embolism: a multicenter …

PB Richman, DM Courtney, J Friese… - Academic …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To evaluate the hypothesis that computed tomography (CT) angiography often
yields a result interpreted as an alternative diagnosis to pulmonary embolism (PE) in …

Ventilation-perfusion scanning and helical CT in suspected pulmonary embolism: meta-analysis of diagnostic performance

Y Hayashino, M Goto, Y Noguchi, T Fukui - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To perform meta-analysis of literature about the role of helical computed
tomography (CT) and ventilation-perfusion (VP) scanning in detection of acute pulmonary …

Comparison of image quality and radiation dose of different pulmonary CTA protocols on a 128-slice CT: high-pitch dual source CT, dual energy CT and conventional …

T De Zordo, K von Lutterotti, C Dejaco, PF Soegner… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Objectives To compare image quality and radiation dose of high-pitch dual-source
computed tomography (DSCT), dual energy CT (DECT) and conventional single-source …

CT angiography of pulmonary embolism in patients with underlying respiratory disease: impact of multislice CT on image quality and negative predictive value

M Remy-Jardin, I Tillie-Leblond, D Szapiro, B Ghaye… - European …, 2002 - Springer
Our objective was to evaluate the impact of multislice CT (MSCT) on image quality and
diagnostic value of spiral CT angiograms. Over an 8-month period (January 2000 to August …