Surgical gamma probe with TlBr semiconductor for identification of sentinel lymph node

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1403-1407

  Da Costa, Fábio E ^a   Rela, Paulo R ^a   De Oliveira, Icimone B ^a   Pereira, Maria C C ^a   Hamada, Margarida M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma probe; Lymph node; Thallium bromide

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; GAMMA PROBE; LYMPH NODE; THALLIUM BROMIDE;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ONCOLOGY; PROBES; SENSORS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SURGERY;

GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746357267     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.874472     Document Type: Article

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