%0 Journal Article
%T The investigation of lesion detection performances of gamma probe and
%A Bayram DEM£¿R
%A Murat OKUTAN
%A Metin HALA£¿
%A Mustafa DEM£¿R
%J Turkish Journal of Oncology
%D 2007
%I KARE Publishing
%X OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to investigate lesion detection performances of gamma probe and gamma camera. METHODS: Four cylindrical lesions with 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 cm diameter were placed in a phantom to simulate lymph nodes. The images of phantom placed within water were taken with gamma camera and counts of lesion were taken from mimicking lymph nodes using a gamma probe. RESULTS: It was determined that lymph node with 0.1 ml volume can be only detected up to 4 cm depth with gamma camera. But, this lesion can be detected up to 7 cm depth when gamma probe is used. CONCLUSION: Gamma probe is more effective compared to gamma camera with respect to their lesion detection capacities. The smallest lymph node that gamma camera could identify clearly had a 0.1 cm diameter at 4 cm depth whereas gamma probe could identify the same size up to 7 cm depth.
%K Gamma camera
%K gamma probe
%K sentinel lymph node
%K Tc-99m.
%U http://onkder.org/pdf.php3?id=675