RT Book, Section
A1 Bhambhvani, Pradeep G.
A1 O'Malley, Janis P.
A2 Dieter, Robert S.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126489858
T1 Venous Radionuclide Imaging
T2 Venous and Lymphatic Diseases
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071601580
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126489858
RD 2024/04/25
AB Nuclear  medicine  provides  several  valuable  tools  for  the  assessment  of  the  venous  vasculature.  Most  clinicians  are  familiar  with  the  lung  ventilation/perfusion  scan  (V/Q)  for  diagnosis  of  acute  pulmonary  embolism  (PE),  but  some  changes  have  been  made  in  how  this  test  is  used  or  even  interpreted.  Small  studies  using  hybrid  single-photon  emission  computed  tomography/computed  tomography  (SPECT/CT)  technology  with  addition  of  low-dose  CT  to  V/Q  SPECT  have  shown  improvement  in  the  diagnostic  accuracy  of  V/Q  scintigraphy  in  the  assessment  of  suspected  PE.  Other  nuclear  medicine  examinations  assessing  the  venous  system  itself,  such  as  for  acute  deep  venous  thrombosis  (DVT),  have  failed  to  achieve  widespread  use.