Images
This lateral is done for a chest exam
Left Lateral
Shortest lung
Right
Camera used in VQ Lung Scans
Gamma Camera
Number of images in a routine chest exam
2 (PA and Lateral)
What does a CXR show that a VQ Lung Scan does not
Bone
Patient is on this during VQ Lung Scan exam
Table
T/F: VQ Lung Scans are 2 view images
False
Identified on Lung VQ Scan
The way radioactive air is introduced into lungs
Lungs are shown as this color on chest exams
Black
Shows as a fissure on VQ Lung Scan
Pleural Effusion
2 (above and below table)
Fluid appears this color on CXR and Lung VQ Scan
White
Number of lobes in Right lung
3
Xenon or Technitium