Technical aspects of performing lymphoscintigraphy: Optimization of methods used to obtain images

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 978-985

  Krynyckyi, Borys R ^a   Miner, Michele ^a   Ragonese, Jennifer M ^a   Firestone, Michael ^a   Kim, Chun K ^a   Machac, Josef ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel Node

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; TECHNIQUE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; POSTURE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0033659553     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200012000-00003     Document Type: Article

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