Pulmonary ventilation/perfusion single photon emission tomography â Initial experience of a Nuclear Medicine Department

Introduction: Lung ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy with planar images (V/QS-planar) is very useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Acquiring tomographic images (V/QS-SPECT) is a recent development with potential to increase the technique's accuracy. The pu...

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Main Authors: J. G. Santos, S. Carmona, J. A. Sequeira, A. Prata, A.I. Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173511515001347