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Meaning of "gamma camera" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GAMMA CAMERA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAMMA CAMERA

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Gamma camera is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GAMMA CAMERA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gamma camera

Gamma camera

A gamma camera, also called a scintillation camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy. The applications of scintigraphy include early drug development and nuclear medical imaging to view and analyse images of the human body or the distribution of medically injected, inhaled, or ingested radionuclides emitting gamma rays.

Definition of gamma camera in the English dictionary

The definition of gamma camera in the dictionary is a medical apparatus that detects gamma rays emitted from a person's body after the administration of a radioactive drug and so produces images of the organ being investigated.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAMMA CAMERA

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GAMMA CAMERA

box camera
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Synonyms and antonyms of gamma camera in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gamma camera» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAMMA CAMERA

Find out the translation of gamma camera to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gamma camera from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gamma camera» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伽马相机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cámara Gamma
570 millions of speakers

English

gamma camera
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गामा कैमरा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كاميرا جاما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гамма-камеры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

câmara gama
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গামা ক্যামেরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caméra gamma
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kamera gamma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gamma-Kamera
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガンマカメラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감마 카메라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamera gamma
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

máy ảnh gamma
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காமா கேமரா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅमा कॅमेरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gama kamera
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gamma camera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kamery gamma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гамма - камери
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

camera gamma
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γάμμα κάμερα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gammakamera
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gammakamera
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

gammakamera
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gamma camera

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAMMA CAMERA»

The term «gamma camera» is regularly used and occupies the 85.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAMMA CAMERA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gamma camera

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAMMA CAMERA»

Discover the use of gamma camera in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gamma camera and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
For all images produced using radionuclides which emit single photons the gamma camera needs to scan completely around the patient. Also images of the whole-body distribution of a radiopharmaceutical can be obtained by scanning a  ...
B.H Brown, R.H Smallwood, D.C. Barber, 1998
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Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine
The Fourth Edition of Dr. Gopal B. Saha's Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine was prompted by the need to provide up-to-date information to keep pace with the perpetual growth and improvement in the instrumentation and techniques ...
Gopal B. Saha, 2012
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4th European Conference of the International Federation for ...
Performance. of. Semiconductor. Gamma-Camera. System. with. CdZnTe. Detector. K. Ogawa1,. T. Ishikawa1,. K. Shuto2,. N. Motomura2. and. H. Kobayashi2. 'Faculty of Science and Technology, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan Toshiba ...
Jos van der Sloten, Pascal Verdonck, Marc Nyssen, 2009
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Emission Tomography: The Fundamentals of PET and SPECT
Current gamma camera systems represent the state of the art in Anger camera design. In recent designs, improvements in integrated circuit technology, electronic component stability, PMT stability and gain stabilization circuitry, and individual ...
Miles N. Wernick, John N. Aarsvold, 2004
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Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Basic design of a gamma camera, consisting of a multi-hole collimator, a thin large-area NaI(Tl) crystal, a two-dimensional array of PMTs and associated electronics (high-voltage power supply, pre-amplifier, and amplifier), position logic ...
Hans-Jürgen Biersack, Leonard M. Freeman, 2008
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Equipment for Diagnostic Radiography
Good collimator design and digital computation of scintillation position have provided the user with high resolution gamma camera systems capable of detecting lesions as small as 5 mm diameter. Under routine use, the resolution of any ...
Edward Forster, 1985
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Development and Design of a Near-field High-energy Gamma ...
The purpose of this dissertation is to design and develop a near-field (less then 0.5 m) high-energy (0.3 – 1.5 MeV) gamma camera to facilitate planar NSECT imaging. Modifying a design implemented in space-based imaging (focus of infinity), ...
Amy Congdon Sharma, 2007
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Basic Sciences of Nuclear Medicine
In contrast to PET scanners, dual tracer imaging capability can be easily achieved using SPECT compounds and a gamma camera system equipped with a multichannel analyzer. While most of the present and commercially available gamma ...
Magdy Khalil, 2010
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Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine
What we have described above is the operation of a fairly traditional gamma camera. Modern designs are a good deal more complex but the basic design has remained much the same as has been described. One area where major design  ...
Kieran Maher, Wikibooks Contributors
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Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine
6.5 Emission tomography with radionuclides: SPECT and PET A major drawback of radionuclide imaging with a gamma camera is that it only offers a single projection of the body's structures, rather than giving a three-dimensional picture.
Suzanne Amador Kane, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAMMA CAMERA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gamma camera is used in the context of the following news items.
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Guelph General Hospital to add nuclear option in diagnostic imaging
Michael Sharma, Guelph General Hospital's director of diagnostic imaging, said the hospital's system goes beyond the typical gamma camera ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
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Faster Stress Test for Hearts: D-SPECT
How does the gamma camera compare to the newer cameras you are using? Dr. Soman: There have been a new class of cameras introduced ... «KSAT San Antonio, Jun 15»
3
Bone Scan Index predicts outcome in patients with metastatic …
WBS was performed using a two-headed gamma camera. BSI was obtained using the automated platform EXINI bone (EXINI Diagnostics AB, ... «UroToday, Jun 15»
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Making the portable gamma camera
The test is conducted with a device called a gamma camera, which also helps diagnose dozens of other conditions, from arthritis to renal failure ... «Symmetry magazine, Jun 15»
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£900000 scanner boost for Carlisle hospital
The state-of-the-art gamma camera has been installed in the newly designed and refurbished nuclear medicine department at the hospital ... «News & Star, Jun 15»
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Unnecessary heartache: LRH's unrepaired gamma machine deserts …
A gamma camera machine carries out scans of different parts of the body by forming an image through radiations that are emitted from a tracer ... «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
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New £1 million scanner arrives at Cumberland Infirmary
The £900,000 SPECT/CT gamma camera is the first of its kind in north Cumbria. As well as being able to carry out the same scanning tasks as ... «ITV News, Jun 15»
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Truro hospital reno to allow imaging system installation
An old gamma camera is being replaced with a SPECT CT nuclear-imaging system, considered today to be the industry standard in nuclear ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jun 15»
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Hybrid Gamma Ray / Optical Camera for Bedside Lymph Node …
At the Leicester and Nottingham universities in England, scientists have miniaturized a gamma camera so that it can be used bedside to help ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
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Hybrid SPECT/CT for the assessment of a painful hip after …
BS including SPECT/CT was performed with a hybrid gamma camera/CT (Discovery™ NM/CT 670, GE Healthcare) equipped with low-energy, ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»

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