Images
Anatomy
Equipment
100

This lateral is done for a chest exam

Left Lateral

100

Shortest lung

Right

100

Camera used in VQ Lung Scans

Gamma Camera

200

Number of images in a routine chest exam

2 (PA and Lateral)

200

What does a CXR show that a VQ Lung Scan does not

Bone

200

Patient is on this during VQ Lung Scan exam

Table

300

T/F: VQ Lung Scans are 2 view images

False

300

Identified on Lung VQ Scan

Blood clots or pulmonary embolism
300

The way radioactive air is introduced into lungs

Breathing
400

Lungs are shown as this color on chest exams

Black

400

Shows as a fissure on VQ Lung Scan

Pleural Effusion

400
Number of Gamma Cameras used for VQ Lung Scan

2 (above and below table)

500

Fluid appears this color on CXR and Lung VQ Scan

White

500

Number of lobes in Right lung

3

500
Gas inhaled during a VQ Lung Scan

Xenon or Technitium