• DocumentCode
    2611505
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-25 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    3875
  • Lastpage
    3878
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden, Germany
  • ISSN
    1095-7863
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2714-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1095-7863
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774128
  • Filename
    4774128
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2611505