Lung ventilation-perfusion imbalance in pulmonary emphysema: Assessment with automated V/Q quotient SPECT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-277

  Suga, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kawakami, Yasuhiko ^a   Koike, Hiroaki ^b   Iwanaga, Hideyuki ^b   Tokuda, Osamu ^b   Okada, Munemasa ^b   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^b  

^a St Hill Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Entilation perfusion imbalance; Pulmonary emphysema; Pulmonary perfusion; Pulmonary ventilationV; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77954536391     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0369-7     Document Type: Article

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