Open AccessComparison of helical and axial mode indirect computed tomographic venography in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism
Author(s) -
Naveen Kalra,
Sameer Vyas,
Amod Gupta,
Ashish Bhalla,
Sudha Suri,
Niranjan Khandelwal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.95309
Subject(s) - medicine , helical computed tomography , venography , radiology , computed tomographic angiography , computed tomographic , pulmonary angiography , venous thrombosis , nuclear medicine , angiography , doppler effect , thrombosis , tomography , computed tomography , surgery , physics , astronomy
To compare the helical and axial modes of indirect computed tomographic (CT) venography (CTV) for accuracy for diagnosing deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities as well as for their radiation burden in patients proven to have pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) on CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA).