Open AccessDiagnosing Pulmonary Embolism With Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography
Author(s) -
Johannes Schmid,
Eszter Nagy,
Ann-Katrin Kaufmann-Bühler,
Jakob Steiner,
Michael Janisch,
Elmar Janek,
Christoph Reiter,
Martin Eibisberger,
Nina Softic,
H. Guss,
Michael Fuchsjäger,
Gabriel Adelsmayr
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of thoracic imaging
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1536-0237
pISSN - 0883-5993
DOI - 10.1097/rti.0000000000000664
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , nuclear medicine , radiology , pulmonary angiography , computed tomography , angiography , confidence interval , embolus , surgery
Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CT-PA) is frequently used in the diagnostic workup of pulmonary embolism (PE), even in highly radiosensitive patient populations. This study aims to assess CT-PA with reduced z -axis coverage (compared with a standard scan range covering the entire lung) for its sensitivity for detecting PE and its potential to reduce the radiation dose.