Improving Lung Scintigraphy

Gallium-67 scintigraphy in lung diseases.

There is some disagreement in the literature about the tumour affinity and tumour specificity of gallium-67 (6VGa). The present investigation showed good uptake of 67Ga in most cases of bronchial carcinoma, but some uptake of 67Ga was also found in 30% of those with non-malignant lung lesions. There was no relationship between the uptake of 17Ga and the histo-logical type of bronchial carcinoma...

SNM practice guideline for lung scintigraphy 4.0.

ImprovIng lung cancer survIval

Ventilation/perfusion lung scintigraphy. Multiple applications besides pulmonary embolism.

Ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy is the diagnostic tool of choice for detection and monitoring of pulmonary embolism. However, the knowledge on its value for other or concurrent pathologies is poor. In this review scintigraphic characteristics of the main pathologies, interpretation and artefacts are described. Together with the understanding of pathophysiology of the lung, the potential gain...

Tomographic ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy in cardiopulmonary disease