Title :
A novel imaging beta probe for radio-guided surgery
Author :
Thacker, Samta C. ; Stack, Brendan C. ; Lowe, Val ; Gaysinskiy, Valeriy ; Cool, Steven ; Nagarkar, Vivek V. ; Entine, Gerald
Author_Institution :
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Abstract :
Gamma-sensitive intraoperative probes are routinely used in the assessment of conditions that include the spread of breast cancer into the lymphatic system, by detecting radiation emitted by radiopharmaceuticals such as 18F-FDG, 99mTc, 131I, 111In and 125I. However, a major drawback of existing gamma probes is their inability to distinguish between radiation emitted by tissue directly in front of them and background emissions from surrounding areas, seriously degrading the user’s ability to localize the source of emitted radiation.
Keywords :
Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Degradation; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Lymphatic system; Oncological surgery; Optical imaging; Probes; Radiation detectors; EMCCD; imaging beta probe; microcolumnar CsI:Tl;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774128
