Open AccessThe Utility of Hybrid SPECT/CT Lung Perfusion Scintigraphy in Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Andrzej Mazurek,
Mirosław Dziuk,
Ewa Witkowska-Patena,
Stanisław Piszczek,
Agnieszka Giżewska
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000439543
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , nuclear medicine , perfusion , scintigraphy , pulmonary angiography , perfusion scanning , lung , radiology
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is diagnosed either by ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy or pulmonary CT angiography. One of the imaging methods used in nuclear medicine is hybrid SPECT/CT scintigraphy.
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