A newly developed intra-operative gamma camera: Performance characteristics in a laboratory phantom study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1217-1224

  Kopelman, Doron ^a,b   Blevis, Ira ^c   Iosilevsky, Galina ^d   Reznik, Alla ^c   Chaikov, Alex ^b   Weiner, Naor ^c   Israel, Ora ^a   Hashmonai, Moshe ^a,e  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intra operative gamma camera; Intra operative gamma probe; Radioguided surgery; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISOTOPE LABELING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA CAMERAS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 25144512400     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1823-y     Document Type: Article

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