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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Radionuclide Imaging > Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Radioisotope > Radionuclide Imaging > Ventilation-Perfusion Scan

Preferred term

Ventilation-Perfusion Scan  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lung Ventilation Perfusion Scans
  • Lung VQ Scan
  • Lung VQ Scans
  • Pulmonary Ventilation Perfusion Scans
  • Ventilation Perfusion Lung Scan
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphies
  • Ventilation Perfusion Scintigraphy
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy
  • VQ Lung Scan
  • VQ Lung Scans
  • V-Q Scintigraphies
  • V-Q Scintigraphy

Scope note

  • A two-part radionuclide imaging that measures VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO of the lungs often used to investigate PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Image acquisitions may be performed using various combinations of gamma camera, PET and SPECT scanning techniques.

History note

  • 2019

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000076665

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