Breast-specific gamma imaging with 99mTc-Sestamibi and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of breast cancer - A comparative study

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-469

  Brem, Rachel F ^a,c   Petrovitch, Ivan ^a   Rapelyea, Jocelyn A ^a   Young, Heather ^a   Teal, Christine ^b   Kelly, Tricia ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Molecular imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 34548246379     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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