Sentinel node detection and definition may depend on the imaging agent and timing

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 390-394

  Boxen, Izzie ^a,c   McCready, David ^b   Ballinger, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Nodal Imaging; Nodes; Sentinel Node

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; TIME;

ANTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TIME FACTORS; TIN;

EID: 0032938203     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199906000-00003     Document Type: Article

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