GAMMA CAMERA

GAMMA CAMERA

Abstract

In the present day scenario complete diagnosis of patient’s body condition with in-depth internal details of body structure is very much required for a physician to provide proper medication. GAMMA CAMERA is a medical device used in nuclear medicine. It provides images of the distribution of gamma ray emitting radionuclides. It is used primarily in medical settings to produce high quality images. Gamma Camera is the part of Single Photon emission compute tomography (SPECT) System, which allows us to visualize Functional information about a patient specific organ or body system. As its name suggests (Gamma Camera), Gamma ray emissions are the source of information, rather than x-ray transmission as used in commercial computed tomography. Gamma camera has been undergoing investigation for several years as a possible complementary tool to x-ray mammography in Breast cancer, Bone cancer detection, to lesion or to eliminate the need for painful biopsy procedure.