A prototype small CdTe gamma camera for radioguided surgery and other imaging applications

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1605-1614

  Tsuchimochi, Makoto ^a   Sakahara, Harumi ^b   Hayama, Kazuhide ^a   Funaki, Minoru ^c   Ohno, Ryoichi ^c   Shirahata, Takashi ^c   Orskaug, Terje ^d   Maehlum, Gunnar ^d   Yoshioka, Koki ^d   Nygard, Einar ^d  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Acrorad Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Intgd Detector and Electronics AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

CdTe; Gamma camera; Radioguided surgery; Semiconductor; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; TECHNETIUM 99M; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLLIMATOR; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELLURIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0347364787     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1301-3     Document Type: Article

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