GAMMA PROBE WITH HAND-PIECE CONTROL OF DETECTION PARAMETERS

摘要

Apparatus, techniques and systems are described for facilitating identification of a target area during a probe-guided radio-localization surgical procedure. The described apparatus, techniques and systems can be used to implement a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into a probe to allow a user to instantly switch between multiple nuclear-uptake modes directly from the probe hand-piece. For example, a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into the probe can be used to instantly switch between a high-sensitivity nuclear-up take mode and a high-resolution nuclear-uptake mode to effectively identify the target area in the presence of interfering nuclear signals by better matching the probe's nuclear detection parameters to a search task for that target area.

主权项

1. A handheld nuclear-uptake surgical probe for performing radio-localization of nuclear-emitting tissues, nuclear-uptake surgical probe comprising:
a nuclear-uptake mode controller configured to selectively switch between two or more nuclear-uptake modes of operation directly from the handheld nuclear-uptake surgical probe during the performance of radio-localization of nuclear-emitting tissues, wherein the two or more nuclear-uptake modes of operation have different nuclear-uptake parameters.