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Quantitative differential pulmonary perfusion: MR imaging versus radionuclide lung scanning

J M Silverman1, P J Julien, R J Herfkens

  • 1Department of Radiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Radiology
|December 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and radionuclide lung scanning show excellent correlation for assessing pulmonary perfusion in lung transplant candidates. MR imaging offers superior quantitative analysis of absolute pulmonary blood flow compared to relative measurements from radionuclide scans.

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