More on: diagnosing pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: rationalizing fetal radiation exposure in radiological procedures
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Reducing computed tomography radiation dose in diagnosing pulmonary embolism
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Computed tomography angiography plays a major role in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Radiation dose associated with it is a major concern; therefore it is important to optimize protocols and techniques to ensure minimum radiation dose. METHODS The study compares two protocols i. Conventional Timing Bolus CT protocol and Delayed Timing Bolus protocol used to assi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1538-7933,1538-7836
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01231.x