gamma camera

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

The  story mentions a Florida VA hospital in which 104 devices were infected with the Conficker virus, including a GE Precision MPI X-ray machine, a Hologic  mammography device, and a Siemens gamma camera for nuclear medicine studies.

From Forbes

Yoder, for one, is convinced this could finally be the tool they need to crack the case: Smither was optimistic that his technology, a particular kind of gamma camera that he is developing for medical use in high-definition tumor imaging, could work for this application.

From Scientific American

This month Mr. Yoder and National Geographic started an unusual fund-raising campaign on Kickstarter.com, aimed at raising the $265,000 they say they need to build and test the gamma camera.

From New York Times

If they can test the gamma camera, “it will be a success in its failure, in that we’ll know where the painting is,” he said.

From New York Times