The purpose was to assess the sensitivity of a CAD software prototype for the detection of
pulmonary embolism in MDCT chest examinations with regard to vessel level and to assess …

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent and lifethreatening disease. Its incidence is
estimated to be 500,000/year in the United States, which represents the third largest cause …

Imaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous
thrombosis (DVT), a spectrum of the same disease entity. PE is the third most common …

Objective: To appraise the evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of CT pulmonary
angiography and the prognostic value of a negative CT pulmonary angiogram in the …

BACKGROUND: Helical computed tomography (CT) has been proposed as a first-line test
for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. How the test affects the diagnostic evaluation of …

Objective To compare the image quality of computed tomography pulmonary angiography
(CTPA) obtained with the injection of various low doses of contrast medium (CM) with …

Rationale and Objectives We sought to develop a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system
for assisting radiologists in the detection of pulmonary embolism (PE) on computed …

Major advances in computed tomography (CT) technol-ogy, specifically multidetector CT
(MDCT) with vastly improved spatial and temporal resolution, 1 have led to a surge in the …

Lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS) with technetium-99m-labeled macro-aggregates of
albumin (Tc-99m-MAA) is well established in the diagnostic of pulmonary embolism (PE). In …

Venous thromboembolic disease (VTD), comprising venous thrombosis and pulmonary
embolus, is responsible for innumerable deaths every day. Wide variance in its presentation …