Lymphoscintigraphy for the visualization of sentinel lymph nodes and body contour

Breast Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-255

  Fujii, Hirofumi ^a   Ikeda, Tadashi ^a   Jinno, Hiromitsu ^a   Kitagawa, Yuko ^a   Yamashita, Hantaro ^a   Seki, Satoshi ^a   Nakahara, Tadaki ^a   Nakamura, Kayoko ^a   Kitajima, Masaki ^a   Kubo, Atsushi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body contour; Breast cancer; Image processing; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644382267     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984545     Document Type: Article

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