An operative gamma camera for sentinel lymph node procedure in case of breast cancer

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Salvador, S ^a   Bekaert, V ^a   Mathelin, C ^b   Guyonnet, J L ^a   Huss, D ^a  

^a CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Computer aided so; Coronary CT angiography (CTA); Medical image reconstruction methods and algorithms; Gamma camera; PET PET CT; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DISEASES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION;

COMPUTER AIDED; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA INTERACTIONS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODES; SPECT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547194324     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/2/07/p07003     Document Type: Article

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