The values of CT and nuclear medicine in pulmonary embolism diagnosis
GUO Xiaofeng
LIU Jianzhong
Abstract：Pulmonary embolism is caused by a blockage of the main pulmonary artery or one of its branches by en-dogenous or exogenous embolus, and includes a series of clinical, physiological and pathological symptoms with high morbid-ity. Computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine are the two most commonly imaging techniques used to diagnose pul-monary embolism in clinical setting. With the constantly updating of compute software and hardware, the applications of the two techniques are also in progress. We reviewed the progress of CT and nuclear medicine on pulmonary embolism diagnosis and compared the advantages and disadvantages among various diagnostic methods to provide a reference for clinical selec-tion of proper diagnosis method.
Keywords：Pulmonary embolismDeep vein thrombosisTomographyX-ray computerComputed tomography pulmonary angiographyDual-source computed tomographyRadionuclide imaging
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 122-125 )