Ventilation Perfusion Scan

A ventilation/perfusion scan is a nuclear medicine test that is used to check airflow and blood flow to your child's lungs.

How Boston Children's Hospital approaches ventilation/perfusion scans

The Division of Nuclear Medicine at Children's is committed to providing a safe, comfortable and child-friendly atmosphere with:

• specialized nuclear medicine physicians with expertise in interpreting ventilation/perfusion scans in children of all ages
• certified nuclear medicine technologists with years of experience imaging children and teens
• equipment adapted for pediatric use, which means age-appropriate care for children
• protocols that keep radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievablewhile assuring high image quality.