Clinical nuclear medicine
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Clinical nuclear medicine · Jul 2009
Comparative StudyComparison of lung scintigraphy with multi-slice spiral computed tomography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
To compare the diagnostic efficacy of lung perfusion scans combined with ventilation (V/Q) scans and/or chest radiography (CR) with contrast-enhanced multislice spiral CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE). ⋯ V/Q scan, perfusion scan combined with CR and CTPA all show high efficacy in diagnosing PE. V/Q scan or perfusion scan combined with CR is as accurate as CTPA.