Quantitative analysis of regional lung ventilation and perfusion PET with 68Ga-labelled tracers

L Oehme, K Zöphel, E Golgor, M Andreeff… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Methods Fifty-three patients (24 male and 29 female) underwent lung scintigraphy with 68
Ga-labelled radiopharmaceuticals. 68 Ga Galligas and B20 microspheres used for V and Q …

68Ga PET/CT ventilation–perfusion imaging for pulmonary embolism: a pilot study with comparison to conventional scintigraphy

MS Hofman, JM Beauregard, TW Barber… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy is established for regional assessment of lung
function in a variety of diseases, including pulmonary embolism (PE). PET/CT may further …

68Ga PET ventilation and perfusion lung imaging—current status and future challenges

DL Bailey, EM Eslick, GP Schembri… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Gallium-68 (68 Ga) is a positron-emitting radionuclide suitable for positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging that has a number of convenient features—it has a physical half …

High-resolution imaging of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion with 68Ga-VQ respiratory gated (4-D) PET/CT

J Callahan, MS Hofman, S Siva, T Kron… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Our group has previously reported on the use of 68 Ga-ventilation/perfusion (VQ)
PET/CT scanning for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. We describe here the …

PET/CT lung ventilation and perfusion scanning using galligas and gallium-68-MAA

PY Le Roux, RJ Hicks, S Siva, MS Hofman - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET/CT)
is now possible by substituting Technetium-99m (99m Tc) with Gallium-68 (68 Ga), using the …

Assessment of regional pulmonary blood flow using 68Ga-DOTA PET

C Velasco, J Mateo, A Santos, A Mota-Cobian… - EJNMMI research, 2017 - Springer
Background In vivo determination of regional pulmonary blood flow (PBF) is a valuable tool
for the evaluation of many lung diseases. In this study, the use of 68 Ga-DOTA PET for the in …

Quantification of regional ventilation-perfusion ratios with PET

MFV Melo, D Layfield, RS Harris, K O'neill… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
The topographic matching of alveolar ventilation (V̇ A) and perfusion (Q̇) is the main
determinant of gas exchange efficiency of the lung. However, no pulmonary functional …

Ventilation-perfusion-lungscintigraphy using PET and 68Ga-labeled radiopharmaceuticals

J Kotzerke, M Andreeff, G Wunderlich… - Nuklearmedizin …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Aim Imaging of lung perfusion with positron emission tomography (PET) is already possible
with 68Ga labeled denaturized albumin. The purpose of our study was to produce and test a …

Radiopharmaceutical labelling for lung ventilation/perfusion PET/CT imaging: a review of production and optimization processes for clinical use

F Blanc-Béguin, S Hennebicq, P Robin, R Tripier… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) positron emission tomography-computed tomography
(PET/CT) is a promising imaging modality for regional lung function assessment. The same …

Objective analysis of whole lung and lobar ventilation/perfusion relationships in pulmonary embolism

B Harris, DL Bailey, P Chicco, EA Bailey… - Clinical physiology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Lung scintigraphy using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
allows accurate regional measurement of the ventilation/perfusion () relationship. Objective …