Diagnostic value of ventilation-perfusion lung scanning in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

RD Hull, J Hirsh, CJ Carter, GE Raskob, GJ GilI… - Chest, 1985 - Elsevier
Differing opinions about the value of ventilation-perfusion lung scanning have created
controversy concerning the correct approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. In a …

Enhanced lung scan diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with the use of ancillary scintigraphic findings and clinical correlation

LM Freeman, B Krynyckyi, LS Zuckier - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Analysis of the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis (PIOPED) and
modified PIOPED studies has suggested that an experienced observer is capable of more …

The current and continuing important role of ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy in evaluating patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

LM Freeman, EG Stein, S Sprayregen… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2008 - Elsevier
After the publication of the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Detection
(PIOPED) study in 1990, there was considerable controversy concerning the ventilation …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: value of perfusion scintigraphy.

JE Powe, HI Palevsky, KE McCarthy, A Alavi - Radiology, 1987 - pubs.rsna.org
Records of 34 patients with established causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension were
retrospectively reviewed. The ventilation-perfusion scans were blindly classified according …

Lung scanning in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: the emperor redressed

JE Juni, A Alavi - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1991 - Elsevier
Diagnosis and management of the patient with pulmonary embolism remains a vexing
clinical problem. Emboli are often unsuspected clinically. Ventilation-perfusion (VQ) …

Scintigraphic evaluation of pulmonary embolism

PO Alderson - European journal of nuclear medicine, 1987 - Springer
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is difficult to diagnose. The clinical signs and symptoms of the
disorder are nonspecific, and the results of laboratory tests are undependable. Accordingly …

Pulmonary thromboembolism: current status report on the role of nuclear medicine

HN Wellman - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1986 - Elsevier
The normal perfusion study continues indisputably to rule out the presence of pulmonary
embolism (PE) with reasonable certainty. However, the abnormal perfusion study requires …

[PDF][PDF] Single perfusion defect and pulmonary embolism: angiographic correlation

TA Catania, VJ Caride - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1990 - Soc Nuclear Med
The lung scans were performed with a large field of view gamma camera. The ventilation
study was performed in the posterior projection, using 15— 20mCi (555— 740MBq) of …

[PDF][PDF] Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning: cost-effectiveness and benefit: risk

BL Specker, EL Saenger, CR Buncher… - Journal of nuclear …, 1987 - Soc Nuclear Med
MATERIALS AND METhODS Population The data analyzed in this report are taken from a
study by The Society of Nuclear Medicine that was designed to deter mine the efficacy or …

Assessment of SPECT ventilation-perfusion imaging in patients with lung cancer

I Narabayshi, T Suematsu, C Suematsu - European journal of nuclear …, 1986 - Springer
Ventilation and perfusion SPECT images during tidal breathing were studied in 15 cases of
lung cancer using 81m Kr gas and 99m Tc-microspheres. Furthermore, functional images of …