Lymphatic mapping with 99mTc-Evans Blue dye in sheep

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 777-785

  Tsopelas, Chris ^a   Bellon, Max ^a   Bevington, Elaine ^a   Kollias, James ^a   Shibli, Sabah ^a   Chatterton, Barry E ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evans Blue; Lymphoscintigraphy; Radioactive blue dye; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; DISULFINE BLUE; EVANS BLUE; EVANS BLUE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; DRUG UPTAKE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SHEEP; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ANIMAL; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EVANS BLUE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 57049176082     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0171-y     Document Type: Article

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