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Quantitated scintillation scanning for the measurement of lung perfusion
  1. E. S. Garnett,
  2. B. A. Goddard
  1. Wessex Regional Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
  2. Southampton Chest Hospital, Oakley Road, Southampton
    1. E. S. Machell,
    2. W. M. Macleod
    1. Wessex Regional Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
    2. Southampton Chest Hospital, Oakley Road, Southampton

      Abstract

      A method using quantitated lung scans is described for the accurate proportioning of lung perfusion. The results obtained by this method have been compared directly with those obtained from bronchospirometry, and a good correlation has been obtained (r = + 0·93).

      https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.24.3.372

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