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Method for non-invasive detection of ocular melanoma

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5838491
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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
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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