Nuclear medicine plays a major role in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism as well as in
other lung diseases. Important innovations have concerned in recent years the equipment …

The major nuclear medicine contribution to the pulmonary imaging literature for the past
year was the inaugural report from the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism …

[en] The major function of the lung is to exchange the respiratory gases, and carbon dioxide.
This vital process is accomplished through the regional matching of ventilation to perfusion …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in males. Adequate staging is
essential if proper treatment is to be administered. Current morphological imaging …

In many ways, the lung is an ideal organ for study with positron emission tomography (PET).
First, structure-function relations are homogeneous over larger areas than in other organs …

Nuclear medicine techniques have a long history in pulmonary medicine, one that has been
continually changing and growing. Even longstanding methods, such as perfusion scanning …

REvEwNG THE PUBLICATIoNs of past few ycars on nuclear pulmonology, we notice that
many of them are about lung tumors and pulmonary circulation abnormality, followed by …

The evaluation of the anatomical dissemination of lung cancer has a pivotal role in the
choice of the most appropriate treatment modality. The techniques of nuclear medicine are …

Lung cancer is nowadays one of the most common malignancies and the leading cause of
cancer mortality worldwide. Its early diagnosis and treatment is therefore the target of …

Abstract Purpose of Review The main goal of the article is to familiarize the reader with
commonly and uncommonly used nuclear medicine procedures that can significantly …