Lung Ventilation Scan and Its Price

Lung Ventilation Scan is a nuclear medicine testing scan. It is performed to check how air moves in and out of your lungs. It is also used to check how air moves through the bronchi and bronchioles within your lungs.

To trace the movement of air through the lungs uses radioactive material. During the scanning procedure, you will be asked to inhale the mixture of oxygen and nitrogen containing the radioactive material. The tracer in the images shows the status regarding the working of the lungs.

Why is Lung Ventilation Scan performed?

• Doctors recommend Lung Ventilation scans for patients with the symptoms of blood clots in the lungs such as fast heart rate, breathing difficulty, chest pain, and decreased saturation level.
• If the patient is suffering from chronic lungs diseases such as COPD
• Blockage in lungs
• Blockage in airway
• Lung’s tumour

How is Lung Ventilation Scan performed?

Nuclear medicine radiologists will explain the procedure of a Lung Ventilation Scan.

How one can prepare for Lung Ventilation Scan?

• Tell the doctor/radiologist/technician about the known allergies you have.
• Tell the doctor/radiologist/technician if you are pregnant
• Tell the doctor/radiologist/technician if you are breastfeeding
• Remove all kinds of metallic objects such as metallic jewellery, piercing, hairpins, wrist watch, spectacles, dentures etc.
• You may ask to change into a hospital gown for the procedure.
• You may ask to perform a chest x-ray before the scanning procedure.

Cost of the Lung Ventilation Scan in Delhi

The cost of a Lung Ventilation Scan near me in Delhi ranges from INR 3,000 to INR 12,000.