Lymphoscintigraphy in cutaneous melanoma: An updated total body atlas of sentinel node mapping

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1125-1135

  Intenzo, Charles M ^a,c   Truluck, Christina A ^a,c   Kushen, Medina C ^a,c   Kim, Sung M ^a,c   Berger, Adam ^b,c   Kairys, John C ^b,c  

^a Division of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

^b UT Southwestern   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 70349565626     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.294085745     Document Type: Article

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