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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camera [kam´er-ah] (pl. ca´merae, cameras) (L.)

a cavity or chamber.

Anger camera the original form of gamma camera. Because the Anger camera is by far the most frequently used type of gamma (or scintillation) camera today, the terms are often used interchangeably.

gamma camera (scintillation camera) an electronic instrument that produces photographs or cathode-ray tube images of the gamma ray emissions from organs containing tracer compounds. The original and most commonly used version is the Anger c.

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gamma camera

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