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.

Acquired SPECT, CT, and OI images from the scanner can be reconstructed and co-registered to maximize visualization and analysis of different regions of interest in the subject. Standardized protocols ...

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 ...