Gamma Camera

• What is the primary function of a gamma camera?

  To detect medical tracers in the body
• How are images from a gamma camera used in medicine?

  For diagnosing issues in specific organs
• What are the four major components of a gamma camera?

  • Collimator
  • Scintillator
  • Photomultiplier tubes
  • Computer and display

  
• How does a gamma camera detect gamma rays?

  Using a large scintillator crystal and photomultipliers