Body outlining using Tc-99m filled flood source for lymphoscintigraphy imaging

Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Momennezhad, Mehdi ^a   Kakhki, Hamid Reza Haghighi ^b   Sadeghi, Ramin ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body outlining; Flood source; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node; Tc 99m antimony sulfide colloid

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 84855433982     PISSN: 16812824     EISSN: 20082509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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