Educating physicians about ventilation-perfusion scanning leads to reduced radiation exposure
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
Educating physicians about ventilation-perfusion scanning (VQ) as an alternative to CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolisms led to a 23% decrease in patient exposure, according to a study performed at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. "VQ scanning is a nuclear test which shows blood flow to the lung and airflow.