General-purpose gamma cameras, dedicated gamma cameras, and gamma-probes for radioguided surgery Book Section
| Authors: | Pani, R.; Guidoccio, F.; Scafé, R.; Zanzonico, P.; Mariani, G. |
| Editors: | Volterrani, D.; Erba, P. A.; Carrió, I.; Strauss, H. W.; Mariani, G. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | General-purpose gamma cameras, dedicated gamma cameras, and gamma-probes for radioguided surgery |
| Abstract: | Since its earliest introduction in the late 1950s [1], the Anger camera is still the most widely diffused system for clinical radionuclide imaging. This success relies mainly on the simplicity of the principle for determining position of the γ-ray interaction with the scintillation crystal. Furthermore, continuing technological advances in growing large-volume scintillation NaI(Tl) crystals and in producing standard photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) have led to develop cost-effective detectors, with an area sufficiently large for human studies. Also the intrinsic spatial resolution is still well optimized to image large and deep organs, where spatial resolution is dictated by the collimator properties. On the other hand, the large size and weight and the extension of a “dead” zone at the edges of the Anger camera make it difficult to position the camera for some studies, e.g., when imaging a small organ [2]. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | sentinel lymph node mapping; diagnostic radiography; surgery; probes; nuclear medicine; collimator; photons; emission computed tomography; single photon emission computed tomography; gamma rays; ionization; scintimammography; attenuation correction; cameras; gamma-camera; scintillation; single-photon emission computed tomography; image resolution; radioguided surgery; phosphors; photomultipliers; iodine compounds; particle beams; semiconductor detectors; photoelectrons; imaging probe; single photon emission; dedicated gamma camera; dynode; geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes; photocathode; photoelectron; photomultiplier tube; position circuitry logic; position-sensitive photomultiplier tube; scintillation crystal; solid-state semiconductor detector; standard gamma camera; avalanche photodiodes; geiger mode avalanche photodiode; position sensitive photomultipliers tubes; scintillation crystals; solid state semiconductors |
| Book Title: | Nuclear Medicine Textbook: Methodology and Clinical Applications |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-95563-6 |
| Publisher: | Springer Science + Business Media, LLC |
| Publication Place: | Cham, Switzerland |
| Date Published: | 2019-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 137 |
| End Page: | 171 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-95564-3_6 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Book Chapter: 6, part of "Part I - Basic Science" -- Source: Scopus |
