Showcase of intraoperative 3D imaging of the sentinel lymph node in a breast cancer patient using the new freehand SPECT technology

Breast Care

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-486

  Schnelzer, Andreas ^a   Ehlerding, Alexandra ^a   Blümel, Christina ^a   Okur, Asli ^a   Scheidhauer, Klemens ^a   Paepke, Stefan ^a   Kiechle, Marion ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node dissection; Quality assurance; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SCANNER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84879091655     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345472     Document Type: Article

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