title: Use of a reusable shielded marker to enhance the accuracy, safety, and efficacy of nuclear medicine procedures.
abstract: Three cases illustrate the use of a reusable, shielded marker to identify anatomic structures and mark pathologic lesions. No other nuclear medicine marker is available with a shutter mechanism designed to interrupt radiation, thus protecting the patient and technologist from unnecessary radiation and minimizing image artifacts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Altes
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Teates
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parekh
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*