gamma camera

British

noun

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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Figure 32.5 An Anger or gamma camera consists of a lead collimator and an array of detectors.

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Figure 32.5 shows one of the simpler methods of imaging the concentration of nuclear activity, employing a device called an Anger camera or gamma camera.

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