Fusion of single-photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography images of sentinel lymph nodes in extramammary Paget's disease of the scrotum.
We describe a new method for the fusion of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) images using an acrylic resin marker containing 99 m-Tc phytate and viewing software (Fusion Viewer Version 1.0 for Windows). This method provided the fusion of SPECT and CT images in a short time and made it easy to identify the sentinel lymph nodes in the patient with extramammary Paget's disease of the scrotum.
Tsujino
Yoshio
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Department of Dermatology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Japan. ytsujino@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
Kusatake
Kenji
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Kaneko
Sakae
S
Yamamoto
Yasushi
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Furumura
Minao
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Morita
Eishin
E
D000368:Aged; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010145:Paget Disease, Extramammary / Q000556:secondary*; D010833:Phytic Acid; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C026177:technetium phytate; D010833:Phytic Acid