Scintimammography with high resolution dedicated breast camera and mammography in multifocal, multicentric and bilateral breast cancer detection: A comparative study

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Spanu, A ^a   Chessa, F ^a   Battista Meloni, G ^a   Sanna, D ^a   Cottu, P ^a   Manca, A ^a   Nuvoli, S ^a   Madeddu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, radionuclide imaging; Mammography; Radionuclide imaging; Technetium Tc 99m 1,2 bis(bis(2 ethoxyethyl)phosphino)ethane

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAMERA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEDICATED BREAST CAMERA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69449087228     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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