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Utility of Radionuclide Studies in Patients with Pulmonary Vascular and Airways Diseases

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Diagnostic Imaging in Medicine

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Radionuclide studies aid the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases by providing information about regional pulmonary ventilation, perfusion and ventilation-perfusion (V-P) relationships which cannot be obtained by other methods. Ventilation-perfusion lung studies are used to evaluate regional lung function in patients prior to pulmonary surgery, to detect obstructive airways disease and to aid management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. The following sections will discuss each of these subjects in detail.

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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Philip O. Alderson M.D. (Professor of Radiology)

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, 901 Twenty-Third Street, N.W. Washington DC, 20037, USA

    Richard C. Reba M.D. (Professor of Radiology and Medicine Director) (Professor of Radiology and Medicine Director)

  2. Division of Radiation Physics, George Washington University Medical Center, 901 Twenty-Third Street, N.W. Washington DC, 20037, USA

    David J. Goodenough Ph.D. (Director) (Director)

  3. Department of the Army, Washington DC, 20310, USA

    Harold F. Davidson M.S. (Consultant, Office of the Director of Army Research) (Consultant, Office of the Director of Army Research)

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Alderson, P.O. (1983). Utility of Radionuclide Studies in Patients with Pulmonary Vascular and Airways Diseases. In: Reba, R.C., Goodenough, D.J., Davidson, H.F. (eds) Diagnostic Imaging in Medicine. NATO ASI Series, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6810-3_23

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