Organ Visualization Using Scintillation Camera Techniques

Article1 September 1965Organ Visualization Using Scintillation Camera TechniquesLEONARD R. SCHAER, M.D., HAL O. ANGER, B.S.LEONARD R. SCHAER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAL O. ANGER, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-3-442 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe use of radioactive isotopes in clinical medicine has become widespread. An important application is taking scans or pictures of organs that contain gamma-ray or positron-emitting isotopes. These pictures enable one to outline functional parts of the organ and observe anatomical irregularities that can be interpreted in light of clinical symptoms. The most commonly used machine for this purpose is the well-known radioisotope scanner. With this technique, a directional scintillation counter moves back and forth across an organ while progressing slowly in the transverse direction until the organ being studied has been fully covered or scanned. At the same time,...References1. ANGERVAN DYKEGOTTSCHALKYANOSCHAER HODCAYLR: The scintillation camera in diagnosis and research. Nucleonics 23: 57, 1965. Google Scholar2. ANGER HO: Scintillation camera with multichannel collimators. J. Nucl. Med. 5: 515, 1964. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. ANGER HO: Gamma-ray and positron scintillation camera. Nucleonics 21: 56, 1963. Google Scholar4. ANGERGOTTSCHALK HOA: Localization of brain tumors with the positron scintillation camera. J. Nucl. Med. 4: 326, 1963. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. YANOANGER YHO: A gallium68 positron cow for medical use, in Semi-Annual Report Biology and Medicine, UCRL-11387, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, 1964. Google Scholar6. WAGNERWEINERMCAFEEMARTINEZ HNIMJGJ: 1-Mercuri-2-hydroxypropane (MHP). Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 113: 696, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. ANGERVAN DYKE HODC: Human bone marrow distribution shown in vivo by iron-52 and the positron scintillation camera. Science 144: 1587, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Berkeley, CaliforniaFrom the Donner Laboratory of Medical Physics and Biophysics and the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.This work was supported by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.This paper was presented at the Golden Anniversary Session of the American College of Physicians in Chicago, Ill., March 22, 1965.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Leonard R. Schaer, M.D., Donner Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe use of radioisotopes in normal and diseased joints 1 September 1965Volume 63, Issue 3Page: 442-453KeywordsResearch laboratories Issue Published: 1 September 1965 PDF downloadLoading ...