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What Is The Efficacy Of An EBT Lung Scan For A Smoker?

Posted on Mon, 4 Feb 2013

Question: What is the efficacy of an EBT lung scan for a smoker?

Answered by Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra (12 minutes later)

Hi,
Thanks for posting the query on XXXXXXX
After going through the query, I would like to comment the following:

1. EBT (Electron beam tomography) lung scan is a low dose ct scan.

2. Such screening scans help in detection of lung diseases like lung cancer and emphysema if present at an earlier stage.

3. This is a recently advanced and researched investigation.

I hope I have answered your query. I will be glad to answer follow up queries if any.
Please accept my answer if you have no follow up queries.

Regards

Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra
MBBS MD DNB
Consultant Pulmonologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra (18 minutes later)

Thank You, Dr. Gyanshankar XXXXXXX

In your opinion, you would recommend over a chest x-ray?
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Answered by Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra (6 hours later)

Hi,
Thanks for the follow up query.
After going through your follow up query, I would like to comment the following:

Yes, definitely the EBT scan has a higher sensitivity over chest xray in picking up lung lesions at an earlier stage.

I hope I have answered your query. I will be glad to answer follow up queries if any.
Please accept my answer if you have no follow up queries.

Regards

Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra
MBBS MD DNB
Consultant Pulmonologist

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar