Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 173-182 , July 2002

Overview of prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis II

  • Alexander Gottschalk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
    • Section of Research, St Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Cornell Medical Center, The New York Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Alexander Gottschalk, MD, 120 Radiology Building, Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1303.
    • ,
  • Paul D. Stein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
    • Section of Research, St Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Cornell Medical Center, The New York Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Lawrence R. Goodman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
    • Section of Research, St Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Cornell Medical Center, The New York Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • H. Dirk Sostman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
    • Section of Research, St Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI USA
    • Department of Radiology, Cornell Medical Center, The New York Hospital, New York, NY, USA

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2002.124177

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 173-182 , July 2002

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