A computerized gamma probe simulator to train surgeons in the localization of sentinel nodes

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-229

  Britten, Alan ^a   Newey, Valentine R ^a   Clarke, Ron ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma probe; Sentinel node surgery; Simulation; Training

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOACTIVITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SIMULATION; SKILL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33846668361     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328013eb9e     Document Type: Article

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