Multimodal fusion imaging ensemble for targeted sentinel lymph node management: Initial results of an innovative promising approach for anatomically difficult lymphatic drainage in different tumour entities

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-383

  Maza, Sofiane ^a   Taupitz, Mathias ^a   Taymoorian, Kasra ^a   Winzer, Klaus Jürgen ^a   Rückert, Jens ^a   Paschen, Christian ^a   Räber, Gert ^b   Schneider, Sylke ^a   Trefzer, Uwe ^a   Munz, Dieter L ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute Springe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast MRI; CT wire marking; Lymphoscintigraphy; Multimodal image fusion; Sentinel lymph node; SPECT

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MULTIMODAL FUSION IMAGING; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN MELANOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TOPOGRAPHY; TUMOR; VALIDITY; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33847135666     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0223-2     Document Type: Article

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