Method for non-invasive detection of ocular melanoma

Patent · Tue Oct 30 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5838491

Lambrecht, R M; Packer, S

There is described an apparatus and method for diagnosing ocular cancer that is both non-invasive and accurate which comprises two radiation detectors positioned before each of the patient's eyes which will measure the radiation level produced in each eye after the administration of a tumor-localizing radiopharmaceutical such as gallium-67.

• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4479931
• OSTI ID: 5838491
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 23 Sep 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-422511
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
GALLIUM 67
RADIATION DETECTION
MELANOMAS
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
ACCURACY
EYES
INSTALLATION
OPHTHALMOLOGY
PATIENTS
POSITIONING
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DETECTION
DISEASES
DRUGS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
FACE
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
HEAD
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPES
SENSE ORGANS
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