Augmenting Scintigraphy Images

Morbidity from cancer is still high. This is especially true for squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck region. To prevent the tumor from spreading, a complete removal of lymphatic tissue together with the tumor is often conducted. As has been shown by recent studies, such interventions are only required in roughly 30% of the patients. To avoid this overtreatment, a sentinel lymph node biopsy is necessary to correctly stage the malignancy [1].