68Ga PET/CT ventilation-perfusion imaging for pulmonary embolism: A pilot study with comparison to conventional scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1513-1519

  Hofman, Michael S ^a,b   Beauregard, Jean Mathieu ^a,c   Barber, Thomas W ^a   Neels, Oliver C ^a   Eu, Peter ^a   Hicks, Rodney J ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

68Ga; Perfusion; PET CT; Pulmonary embolism; V Q; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOPARTICLE GA 68; MACROAGGREGATED ALBUMIN GA 68; MACROSALB TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VENTILATION PERFUSION COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VENTILATION PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053498543     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.093344     Document Type: Article

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