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The main application of the lung perfusion scan is screening for pulmonary embolism (PE) in conjunction with a ventilation study, presurgical quantification of regional/differential pulmonary perfusion, and evaluation of perfusion in lung transplant.

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Elgazzar, A.H., Sarikaya, I. (2018). Pulmonary System. In: Nuclear Medicine Companion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76156-5_2

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