The potential of the Crystal Cam handheld gamma-camera for preoperative and intraoperative sentinel lymph node localization in early-stage oral cancer.

Rutger Mahieu Bernard M Tijink Robert J J van Es Bastiaan J van Nierop Casper Beijst Bart de Keizer Remco de Bree

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2023)

The Crystal Cam handheld gamma-camera offers reliable preoperative and intraoperative SLN localization and might reduce the risk of missing a malignant SLN during surgery. Detecting SLNs near the injection site by handheld gamma-camera remains challenging.

Keyphrases

sentinel lymph node
early stage
patients undergoing
lymph node
high speed
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
convolutional neural network
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
coronary artery disease
risk assessment
deep learning
human health
surgical site infection