lung scanning has recently gained increasing acceptance as a diagnostic aid in pulmonary
disease since it supplies information which is in some ways similar to that obtained by …

Defects observed in pulmonary perfusion scintiphotography often have been equated with a
diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. In fact, such defects have lacked diagnostic specificity …

Pulmonary distribution of an inhaled radioaerosol was analyzed in 20 cases of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 8 of other OPD. Nonciliary/ciliary partition of the …

Abnormal lung scans obtained from patients with pulmonary embolism, pulmonary
tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and carcinoma of the lung were …

The diagnostic reliability and specificity of pulmonary angiography and perfusion
photoscanning were examined by applying both technics in two series of dogs: one …

Pulmonary photoscanning already has proved to be a highly valuable addition to the
medical diagnostic armamentarium, both as a clinical and investigative tool. Experience …

Ten patients with clinical-laboratory evidence suggesting extensive acute or chronic
pulmonary thromoboembolism were studied by pulmonary photoscan and by utilizing …

Abstract Analysis of the lung scans of 69 patients with congestive heart failure revealed that
the most common pattern was multiple small, ill-defined nonsegmental perfusion defects …

MATERIALS AND METHODS This study includes 14 patients with acute pul monary
embolism confirmed by lung scans and se lective pulmonary angiography. Underlying …

Perfusion lung scans are best performed with 99m Tc-labelled particles, and albumin
macroaggregates or microspheres are probably a better choice than ferric hydroxide …