Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas

Image fusion software can derive a fusion image from single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography scans. We applied a three-dimensional fusion image to detect sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in 3 patients with malignant melanomas of the lumbar, vulvar and head region, respectively....

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Autores principales: Akiyama, Michiko, Ueno, Takashi, Noro, Sachiko, Kumita, Shinichiro, Kawana, Seiji
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: March, 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21503164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326944
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author Akiyama, Michiko
Ueno, Takashi
Noro, Sachiko
Kumita, Shinichiro
Kawana, Seiji
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Ueno, Takashi
Noro, Sachiko
Kumita, Shinichiro
Kawana, Seiji
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description Image fusion software can derive a fusion image from single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography scans. We applied a three-dimensional fusion image to detect sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in 3 patients with malignant melanomas of the lumbar, vulvar and head region, respectively. During each operation, we detected SLNs at the expected site, as indicated by the fusion images. The three-dimensional image fusion could thus be confirmed as a simple and helpful method for precisely localizing SLNs in these patients.
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spelling pubmed-30782212011-04-18 Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas Akiyama, Michiko Ueno, Takashi Noro, Sachiko Kumita, Shinichiro Kawana, Seiji Case Rep Dermatol Published: March, 2011 Image fusion software can derive a fusion image from single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography scans. We applied a three-dimensional fusion image to detect sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in 3 patients with malignant melanomas of the lumbar, vulvar and head region, respectively. During each operation, we detected SLNs at the expected site, as indicated by the fusion images. The three-dimensional image fusion could thus be confirmed as a simple and helpful method for precisely localizing SLNs in these patients. S. Karger AG 2011-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3078221/ /pubmed/21503164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326944 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: March, 2011
Akiyama, Michiko
Ueno, Takashi
Noro, Sachiko
Kumita, Shinichiro
Kawana, Seiji
Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas
title Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas
title_full Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas
title_fullStr Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas
title_full_unstemmed Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas
title_short Three-Dimensional Image Fusion of SPECT and CT Scans for Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanomas
title_sort three-dimensional image fusion of spect and ct scans for locating sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melanomas
topic Published: March, 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21503164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326944
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