title: Emission tomography in embolic lung disease.
abstract: Ventilation-perfusion lung scans and emission tomography studies were performed in 84 patients with suspected embolic lung disease. Concordant data were obtained in 72 patients (57 positive, 15 negative); results were discordant in ten patients and indeterminate in two. Although the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with the conventional two-dimensional planar projections of standard ventilation-perfusion lung scans is still the mainstay, a greater sensitivity in lesion detection can be expected with multiplane detection imaging.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Medicine, The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ell