Evaluation of the efficacy of a small CdTe γ-camera for sentinel lymph node biopsy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 956-962

  Tsuchimochi, Makoto ^a   Hayama, Kazuhide ^a   Oda, Takaaki ^a   Togashi, Masatoshi ^a   Sakahara, Harumi ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdTe; Handheld camera; Lymphoscintigraphy; Oncology; Oral cancer; Radioguided surgery; Semiconductor camera; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; PHYTATE TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELLURIUM;

EID: 44849132341     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.050740     Document Type: Article

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