Essays about: "lymphoscintigraphy"

Found 2 essays containing the word lymphoscintigraphy.

  1. 1. THE CLINICAL VALUE OF SPECT/ CT IN IDENTIFYINGSENTINEL LYMPH NODES IN PATIENTS WITH BREASTCANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Fatema Jafer; [2021]
    Keywords : Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node; SPECT CT; Planar lymphoscintigraphy;

    Abstract : Introduction: Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an established method used to investigate the riskof lymphatic metastasis especially in breast cancer and melanoma patients. SPECT/ CT isconsidered to be an advantageous method in mapping of sentinel nodes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Feasibility of Implementing the PILATUS CdTe 300k Detector as a Real Time Gamma Camera in Intraoperative Medical Imaging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/MAX IV-laboratoriet; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Mariam Andersson; [2015]
    Keywords : PILATUS; CdTe; detector; medical imaging; lymphoscintigraphy; sentinel lymph node biopsy; quantum efficiency; resolution; sensitivity; semiconductor detector; gamma camera; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The full-width-at-half-maximum of the point spread functions for a pixellated cadmium telluride detector exposed to gammas from a 140.5 keV Tc-99m source are modelled in GATE, at a detector-collimator distance of 5 cm, and collimator-source distances of 5 cm and 10 cm, with lead pinholes of diameter 1.0 mm, 1.5 mm, 2. READ MORE