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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Ventilation and perfusion images were acquired during tidal breathing using 81mKr gas and 99mTc-MAA. Anterior and posterior functional images of V/Q and Q/V were simultaneously acquired in 34 subjects with various lung diseases and 6 healthy controls. Superimposed anterior and posterior images were constructed and histograms of the frequency distribution for ventilation, perfusion, and the V/Q ratio were displayed for both lungs as well as for the left and right lungs individually. Blood gas analysis and general lung function tests were also performed on the day before scintigraphy. A correlation between marked uneven distribution of V/Q and A-aDO2 was found. When the proportion of counts at V/Q < 0.67 and/or V/Q > 1.50 in the V/Q counts histogram was compared with A-aDO2, there was a significant positive correlation for anterior images (r = 0.684, p < 0.05), posterior images (r = 0.654, p < 0.05) and superimposed images (r = 0.696, p < 0.05). Superimposed images therefore showed the highest correlation. There was no correlation between the results of lung function testing and A-aDO2. Coronal SPECT images were also obtained in 15 patients and compared with the superimposed anterior and posterior planar images. There was a good correlation (r = 0.888, p < 0.001) between both the imaging methods regarding the marked uneven distribution of V/Q. Simultaneous anterior and posterior planar image acquisition reduces the examining time, is simple, and is noninvasive. The present results also suggest that it is useful for quantitative evaluation of the ventilation-perfusion ratio.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0914-7187
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Forced Expiratory Volume, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Krypton Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Lung Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:7702972-Vital Capacity
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of the ventilation-perfusion ratio in lung diseases by simultaneous anterior and posterior image acquisition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study