Precise localization of sentinel lymph nodes and estimation of their depth using a prototype intraoperative mini γ-camera in patients with breast cancer

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-629

  Mathelin, Carole ^a   Salvador, Samuel ^b   Huss, Daniel ^b   Guyonnet, Jean Louis ^b  

^a HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CarolIReS; Intraoperative gamma camera; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34248589688     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.036574     Document Type: Article

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