Fig. 1.

Comparison of preoperative images. In a patient with breast cancer, oblique planar lymphoscintigraphy (a) 2 h post-injection showed one sentinel node (SN) in the left axilla. The portable hybrid camera was placed above the lymphatic field to obtain an overview image at a distance of approximately 15 cm (b). Standard portable gamma camera imaging showed the injection site (IS) and SN in the same relation to each other, but without any anatomical references (c). Combined optical and γ-imaging visualised the image field of view and anatomical SN location in the left axilla (d). In the fused image, the SN is visualised on top of the red laser pointer cross indicating an accurate image fusion

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