Gamma-guided stereotactic breast biopsy system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2690-2697

  Welch, Benjamin ^a   Brem, Rachel ^b   Kross, Brian ^a   Popov, Vladimir ^a   Wojcik, Randy ^a   Majewski, Stan ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Breast cancer; Gamma camera; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; TISSUE; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BREAST CANCER; GAMMA CAMERAS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STEREOTACTIC;

BIOPSY;

EID: 33750393482     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.876002     Document Type: Article

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