Usefulness of medium-energy collimator for sentinel node lymphoscintigraphy imaging in breast cancer patients

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-159

  Tsushima, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Takayama, Teruhiko ^b   Yamanaga, Takashi ^a   Kizu, Hiroto ^b   Shimonishi, Yoshihiro ^a   Kosakai, Kazuhisa ^a   Noguchi, Atsushi ^b   Onoguchi, Masahisa ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Medium energy collimator; Sentinel lymph node; Star shaped artifacts

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST CANCER; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PHANTOM; RADIOACTIVITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33947635980     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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