Since the donation of a SPECT camera by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a busy hospital in Brazil’s city of Niteroi has doubled its capacity to perform heart scans, expanding access to ...

THE SPECT Scan: Uses a radioactive tracer (radiopharmaceutical ... depending on the type of scan. ;A gamma camera rotates around the body to detect the radioactive substance and create images.

The use of different diagnostic imaging techniques that employ various forms of radiation such as X-rays (CT and radiography) and gamma rays (PET and SPECT) has revolutionized the management of cancer ...

212 Pb is a challenging isotope to image because of the high-energy gamma rays generate significant scatter. "The ability to acquire imaging of an alpha-emitter with a standard SPECT camera and ...