Optimal 57Co flood source activity and acquisition time for lymphoscintigraphy localization images

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Mar, Martha V ^a   Dickinson, Renee L ^a   Erwin, William D ^a   Wendt III, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

57Co flood source; Breast; Localization; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; NOISE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; THORAX;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45849134851     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.107.047043     Document Type: Article

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