Speaker
Dr
John N. Aarsvold
(Department of Radiology, Emory University & Nuclear Medicine Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
Description
Development of technologies, techniques, and protocols that make a surgical procedure incorporating radioisotope imaging possible and successful requires significant understanding of the technologies, techniques, and protocols relevant to the surgical task, and of the patient management goals of the surgical procedure. With emphasis on the imaging component of integration of imaging into surgery, with primary reference to an investigation of a specific breast cancer SLN biopsy task, parameters of system design, of development of surgical procedures incorporating radioisotope imaging, and of development of application-specific protocols are presented. At the core is specification of the task—anyone can find a “hot” node—what is the true objective?
Author
Dr
John N. Aarsvold
(Department of Radiology, Emory University & Nuclear Medicine Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
Co-authors
Carmen M. Greene
(George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Dr
Naomi P. Alazraki
(Department of Radiology, Emory University & Nuclear Medicine Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
Robert A. Mintzer
(Department of Radiology, Emory University)
Sandra F. Grant
(Nuclear Medicine Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
Dr
Toncred M. Stylbo
(Department of Surgery, Emory University)
