gammacamera
A gamma camera, also known as a scintillation camera, is a device used in nuclear medicine to image the spatial distribution of gamma-emitting radiopharmaceuticals within a patient's body. It detects gamma photons emitted by administered radiotracers and forms two-dimensional images that reflect physiological processes such as metabolism, perfusion, or receptor binding.
Most gamma cameras employ a large thallium-doped sodium iodide NaI(Tl) scintillation crystal coupled to an array
Data from many detected events are processed to form an image. The Anger camera is a common
Clinical use centers on imaging with radiopharmaceuticals such as Technetium-99m compounds, Iodine-123 or Iodine-131, Thallium-201, and
The gamma camera was developed in the late 1950s by Hal O. Anger, whose design laid the