University at Buffalo (UB)
Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Seeds Used for Localization of Non-Palpable Breast Lesions - Program Establishment & Nuclear Medicine’s Role
Objectives:
1. Establishing a Radioactive Seed Localization Program for Breast Surgery and the Role of Nuclear Medicine
2. Emergency Response of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Safety to Emergent Situations such as Ruptured or Lost Radioactive Seeds
3. Nuclear Medicine’s Role in Gamma Surgical Probe Quality Assurance Used for Seed Localization Procedures
4. Localization Procedures May be Performed in Conjunction with Lymphoscintigraphy – Radionuclide Detection
Fred Covelli
Email: fcovelli@buffalo.edu
Phone: 838-5889