A gamma camera, also called a scintillation camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy. The applications of scintigraphy include early drug development and nuclear medical imaging to view and analyse images of the human body or the distribution of medically injected, ...
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Any one of several scintigraphic cameras that records simultaneously counts from the entire operative field of view. ... Synonym: scintillation camera. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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see positron emission tomography scanner
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. any one of several scintigraphic cameras that simultaneously record counts from the entire field of view. Synonyms: scintillation camera
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A gamma camera is a medical apparatus that detects gamma rays emitted from a person's body after the administration of a radioactive drug and so produces images of the organ being investigated.
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This is a device used to detect the gamma radiation from a patient during an examination using a radioactive tracer. Since gamma radiation passes straight through most materials, it is not possible to build a camera with glass lenses or mirrors. Instead an array of holes drilled in a thick layer of lead is placed between the actual gamma detectors...
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Special type of camera that takes pictures of radiation given off from the body. Used to produce bone scans and other types of scans.
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