5 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism All Day Long. Speed up your metabolism to lose weight now. Here's a secret: slaving away inside your bodyâright this minuteâis your very own personal trainer working tirelessly to help you burn calories and shed fat. It's called your metabolism, and it's the sum of everything your body does.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A ventilation/perfusion lung scan, also called a V/Q lung scan, is a type of medical imaging using scintigraphy and medical isotopes to evaluate the circulation of air and blood within a patient's lungs, in order to determine the ventilation/perfusion ratio.he ventilation and perfusion phases of a V/Q lung scan are performed together and may include a chest x-ray for comparison or to look for other causes of lung disease. A defect in the perfusion images requires a mismatched ventilation defect to indicate pulmonary embolism.
Lung Tests. 1  Chest X-ray: An X-ray is the most common first test for lung problems. 2  Computed tomography (CT scan): A CT scan uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed pictures of the lungs and nearby structures. 3  Pulmonary function tests (PFTs): A series of tests to evaluate how well the lungs work.