Usefulness of breast-specific gamma imaging as an adjunct modality in breast cancer patients with dense breast: A comparative study with MRI

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-137

  Kim, Bom Sahn ^a,b  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast specific gamma imaging; Dense breast; MRI; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 84858705824     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-011-0544-5     Document Type: Article

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