Applications of Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy in Surgical Management of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and Cancer

01/11/2017
First Author: Tulchinsky M, Last Author: Dadparvar S

V/Q scintigraphy has affirmed its critical place in the evaluation of patients with lung cancer preparing for lung resection.

Enhanced by the advancements in hybrid imaging and computer processing, the V/Q scan examination continues to be reinvented and updated to keep pace with the needs of modern medicine.

Semin Nucl Med 2017; 47(6): 671-679