Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 259-278 , October 2003

Radionuclide imaging of acute pulmonary embolism

  • Daniel F Worsley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Daniel F. Worsley, MD, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
    • ,
  • Abass Alavi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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