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Hybrid modality fusion of planar scintigrams and CT topograms to localize sentinel lymph nodes in breast lymphoscintigraphy: Technical description and phantom …

Dickinson et al., 2011

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2471029210246350009
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Dickinson R
Erwin W
Stevens D
Bidaut L
Mar M
Macapinlac H
Wendt III R
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International journal of molecular imaging

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Lymphoscintigraphy is a nuclear medicine procedure that is used to detect sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs). This project sought to investigate fusion of planar scintigrams with CT topograms as a means of improving the anatomic reference for the SLN localization …
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