A scintillation camera and computer assembly is described whereby clinical and research scintigraphic data can be processed by a computer through a videotape transfer system. This assembly can provide a full computer capability to hospital clinics which are not equipped with a computer but still require convenient and rapid data analysis. Tomographic and anatomical marker data can also be acces...

OBJECTIVE This study compared the 123I thyroid uptake measurements obtained from a gamma camera fitted with a low-energy all-purpose (LEAP) collimator to those obtained from a thyroid uptake probe and gamma camera fitted with a pinhole (PH) collimator. METHODS Thirty-one patients (27 female and 4 male patients) were studied for comparison between a probe and a gamma camera fitted with LEAP co...

The Daily intrinsic flood uniformity test of a gamma camera is required to be performed before using the gamma camera to acquire patient images. It is meant to detect changes in the performance of a gamma camera system that may affect the interpretation of clinical studies adversely. Citation: Ejeh JE, Adedapo KS (2012) The Impact of Daily Flood Uniformity Test on Quality of Images: A Case Repo...

UNLABELLED Paraaortic sentinel node biopsy may be a challenging procedure because the sentinel nodes are located retroperitoneally in close proximity to vital structures. The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the value of preoperative SPECT/CT for lymphatic mapping, and a portable gamma-camera for intraoperative radioguidance, in patients with paraaortic sentinel nodes. METHO...

UNLABELLED Heart to mediastinum count ratio (H/M) has been commonly utilized as an indicator of myocardial I-123 MIBG uptake. However, normal ranges of H/M were markedly different among various gamma camera systems. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether scatter correction by two-window method standardizes H/M among various gamma camera systems. METHODS Scatter uncorrected and corre...

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As MRI threatens the use of bone scintigraphy for skeletal metastases and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET) emerges as the main focus in nuclear oncology, the future role of the gamma camera in cancer imaging appears unclear. However, there is a range of pre-existing conventional gamma camera techniques that have incremental benefit over CT and other structural ima...