Requested by physician | Pulmonologists' recommendation n (%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of imaging | Pulmonary CT angiography | Spiral with contrast | HRCT | CT without contrast | CT is not indicated | No agreements |
Pulmonary CT angiography (109) | 43 (39.4%) | 17 (15.6%) | 5 (4.6%) | 0 (0%) | 40 (36.7%) | 4 (3.7%) |
Spiral with contrast (65) | 1 (1.5%) | 30 (46.2%) | 9 (13.8%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (33.8%) | 3 (4.6%) |
HRCT (29) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.4%) | 13 (44.8%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (51.7%) | 0 (0%) |
CT without contrast (13) | 1 (7.7%) | 2 (15.4%) | 2 (15.4%) | 3 (23.1%) | 5 (38.5%) | 0 (0%) |
Total (216) | 45 (20.8%) | 50 (23.1%) | 29 (13.4%) | 3 (1.4%) | 82 (38%) | 7 (3.2%) |