Multispectral real-time fluorescence imaging for intraoperative detection of the sentinel lymph node in gynecologic oncology

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Crane, Lucia M A ^a   Themelis, George ^b   Tim Buddingh, K ^a   Harlaar, Niels J ^a   Pleijhuis, Rick G ^a   Sarantopoulos, Athanasios ^b   van der Zee, Ate G J ^a   Ntziachristos, Vasilis ^b   van Dam, Gooitzen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 80055116536     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2225     Document Type: Article

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