Method for non-invasive detection of ocular melanoma
US4479931A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 1982 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/161
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
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.
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