gamma camera

camera /cam·era/ (kam´ah-rah) pl. ca´merae, cameras   [L.]

1. a box, compartment, or chamber.

2. any enclosed space or ventricle.

3. a device for converting light or other energy from an object into a visible image.

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Anger camera  the original, and by far the most commonly used, form of scintillation (or gamma) camera, so that the terms are often used interchangeably.

camera ante´rior bul´bi  anterior chamber (of the eye).

gamma camera  scintillation c.

camera poste´rior bul´bi  posterior chamber (of the eye).

camera vi´trea bul´bi  vitreous chamber.

camera o´culi  either the anterior or the posterior chamber of the eye.

scintillation camera  an electronic instrument that produces photographs or cathode-ray tube images of the gamma ray emissions from organs containing tracer compounds; the term is often equated with Anger camera, the original and most used version.

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Scintillation or gamma camera

A camera, somewhat like an x-ray machine, used to photograph internal organs after the patient has been injected with a radioactive material.

Mentioned in: Gallbladder Nuclear Medicine Scan

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gamma camera

Etymology: Gk, gamma, third letter of Greek alphabet; L, camera, vault

a device that uses the emission of light from a crystal struck by gamma rays to produce an image of the distribution of radioactive material in a body organ. The light is detected by an array of light-sensitive electronic components and is converted into electric signals, which are processed to produce the image. The gamma camera is a workhorse of nuclear medicine departments, where it is used to produce scans of patients who have been injected with small amounts of radioactive materials.

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gamma camera

Nuclear medicine A device that evaluates the distribution of a radionuclide in the body post-injection