Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) in combination with high resolution ultrasound for non-invasive diagnosis of sentinel lymph node in patients with malignant melanoma
- Conditions
- C43Malignant melanoma of skin
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005447
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum EssenKlinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 83
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with a malignant melanoma
- stages Ib and II (AJCC 2009)
- age > 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
- age < 18 years
- known intolerance to ICG
- iodine allergy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Detectionrate of the fluorescent SLN prior to surgery by photoacoustic tomography
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Detectionrate of the SLN melanin signal by photoacoustic tomography