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Table 2 Intraoperative freehandSPECT findings

From: Introducing navigation during melanoma-related sentinel lymph node procedures in the head-and-neck region

 

Acquisition time (s)

% VOI scanned

Reconstruction time (s)

No. of SNs on freehandSPECT/total no. of SNs preoperative imaging (%)

No. of SNs located with navigation/no. of SNs seen on freehandSPECT (%)

Error of navigation per SN (mm)

Note

1

85

66.3

31

3/4 (75)

3/3 (75)

7, 8, 4

SN in parotid gland not visible on freehandSPECT

2

100

78

n.n.

3/3 (100)

3/3 (100)

9, 9, 9

Level V cluster of 2

3

121

67.6

87

1/1 (100)

1/1 (100)

5

4

126

51.5

211

1/1(100)

1/1 (100)

2

5

94

71

31

1/1(100)

1/1 (100)

5

6

74

59

89

1/1 (100)

0/1 (0)

SN part of IS, navigation not possible; level II SN cluster of 3

7

132

82

135

2/2 (100)

2/2 (100)

0, 5

Level II cluster of 2

8

199

80.4

90

2/2 (100)

2/2 (100)

7, 5

Average

116.4

69.5

96.3

  

5.8

 

Total

   

14/15 (93.3)

13/14 (92.9)

  
  1. SN sentinel node, SPECT/CT single-photon emission computed tomography, VOI volume of interest, 3D three-dimensional, n.n. not noted, IS injection site