Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Outpatients: Comparison of Thin-Collimation Multi–Detector Row Spiral CT and Planar Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy

Abstract

Thin-collimation multi-detector row CT is more accurate than V-P scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute PE in outpatients. Furthermore, CT provides alternative diagnoses for patients without PE on high-quality transverse or near-isotropic reformatted images.