Performance of a Nonlinear Magnetic Handheld Probe for Intraoperative Sentinel Lymph Node Detection: A Phantom Study.
Eliane R NieuwenhuisNida MirMelissa Mathilde Horstman-van de LoosdrechtAntoi P W MeeuwisMaarten G J de BakkerTom W J ScheenenLejla AlicPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
With a high resolving power but limited longitudinal distance, the DiffMag handheld probe seems suitable for detecting SLNs which are in close proximity to the primary tumor. In this study, comparable results were shown using linear magnetometry. The gamma probe reached 10 times deeper, but has a lower resolving power compared with the DiffMag handheld probe.