Design and assessment of a scintigraphy-guided biplane localization technique for breast tumours a phantom study

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 717-723

  Mena, F J ^a   Mena, I ^a   Diggles, L ^a   Khalkhali, Iraj ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHANTOM; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029738379     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199608000-00013     Document Type: Article

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