Usefulness of scintimammography with Tc-99m MIBI in clinical practice

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 761-763

  Filippi, Luca ^a   Pulcini, Angelo ^a   Remediani, Silvia ^a   Masci, Emanuela ^a   Redler, Adriano ^a   Scopinaro, Francesco ^a   De Vincentis, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Mammography; Scintimammography; Tc99 m MIBI

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 33751249903     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000246857.35846.87     Document Type: Article

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