Evaluation and localization of lymphatic drainage and sentinel lymph nodes in patients with head and neck melanomas by hybrid SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphic imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-16

  Mar, Martha V ^a   Miller, Scott A ^a   Kim, E Edmund ^a   Macapinlac, Homer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck hybrid imaging; Hybrid SPECT CT lymphoscintigraphy; Lymph node level classification

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HEAD TUMOR; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NECK TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248545806     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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