The value of the chest radiograph in reporting aerosol ventilation-perfusion scans.
It has become accepted practice to have a chest radiograph (CXR) available for reference at the time of reporting a ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan. We designed a study to determine whether the availability of a CXR altered the interpretation of V/Q scans in our unit. One hundred consecutive V/Q scans were reported with and without reference to a CXR by two radiologists and two nuclear physicians. The V/Q reports were then compared. Our results show that the availability of a CXR has no effect on the V/Q scan report.
Denton
E R
ER
Department of Radiology, Kent and Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Barrington
S F
SF
Kettle
A G
AG
Morrison
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ID
O'Doherty
M J
MJ
D000336:Aerosols; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D011336:Probability; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
D000336:Aerosols; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin