An operative gamma camera for sentinel lymph node procedure in case of breast cancer
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An operative gamma camera for sentinel lymph node procedure in case of breast cancer
Large field of view gamma cameras are widely used to perform lymphoscintigraphy in the sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) procedure in case of breast cancer. However, they are not specified for this application and their sizes do not enable their use in the operative room to control the excision of the all SLN. We present the results obtained with a prototype of a new mini gamma camera developed especi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Instrumentation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1748-0221
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/2/07/p07003