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Fig. 2. —Suboptimal MDCT scan for pulmonary embolism. Noisy image in 41-year-old heavyset woman shows that small emboli could not be excluded at lung bases. Of particular concern, perceived filling defect in left posterior basal segment (arrow) was not confirmed on other sections above or below. Results of clinical follow-up at 3 months were negative.