title: The value of the chest radiograph in reporting aerosol ventilation-perfusion scans.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kent and Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Denton
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Barrington
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kettle
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Doherty
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin