Evaluation of patient effective dose from sentinel lymph node lymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer: A phantom study with SPECT/CT and ICRP-103 recommendations

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Law, Martin ^a   Ma, Wai Han ^a   Leung, Raymond ^a   Li, Steve ^a   Wong, Kwong Kuen ^a   Ho, Wai Yin ^a   Kwong, Ava ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Radiation safety; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862830128     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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