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Tracing an Unhandled Suspect Lesion Through a Gamma Probe
Author(s) -
Dâmaso R.S.,
Zagury M.S.,
De Campos T.P.R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2000.06527.x
Subject(s) - tracing , calibration , imaging phantom , lesion , computer science , tracer , software , medicine , biomedical engineering , nuclear medicine , physics , surgery , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , programming language , operating system
This article describes the efforts of the authors in developing a handheld gamma detection probe and addresses a tentative surgical protocol for tracing an unhandled suspect lesion through an albumine‐aggregate 99 Tc m tracer operative mapping. The electronic and software design for the system is discussed as well as its electronic and nuclear calibration. A phantom model mimicking a breast was built in order to help in the calibration of the system. Earliest results in an external detection procedure using the model and a 0.3 ml tracer sample (7 MBq activity) are presented.