Mapping melanoma lymphoscintigraphy data onto a 3D anatomically based model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1444-1457

  Reynolds, Hayley M ^a   Dunbar, P Rod ^b   Uren, Roger F ^c,d   Thompson, John F ^c,d   Smith, Nicolas P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element; Lymphatic drainage; Lymphatic mapping; Mathematical model; Skin

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GENERIC LYMPH NODE MODELS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC MAPPING; MELANOMA SITES;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CANCER INVASION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547233619     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9315-9     Document Type: Article

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