How long does a gamma camera scan take?
You receive a radioactive tracer injection into your bloodstream before to the exam. You inject this into a vein in your hand using a tube (cannula). The tracer circles the…
What is a Gamma-Camera or a PET-Scanner?
What is the difference between gamma camera and PET scan? Gamma cameras and PET (positron emission tomography) scans are both types of medical imaging that use radionuclide tracers to produce…
How does a gamma camera scan work?
What is Gamma Camera? Nuclear medicine requires the use of a gamma camera, sometimes referred to as a scintillation camera, as a diagnostic and monitoring tool. Radiopharmaceuticals, or radioactive drugs,…