99mTc-MIBI scintimammography using a dedicated nuclear mammograph

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-51

  Maini, Carlo L ^a   De Notaristefani, Francesco ^a   Tofani, Anna ^a   Iacopi, Francesca ^a   Sciuto, Rosa ^a   Semprebene, Alessandro ^a   Malatesta, Tiziana ^a   Vittori, Franco ^a   Frezza, Fabrizio ^a   Botti, Claudio ^a   Giunta, Salvatore ^a   Natali, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a La Pietra Pizzuta ^*

Author keywords

99mTc hexakis 2 methoxyisobutyl isonitrile; Imaging device; Scintimammography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032587211     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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