Nuclear medicine is a unique medical specialty wherein radiation is used to acquire images that show the function and anatomy of organs, bones or tissues of the body. Radiopharmaceuticals are introduced into the body, either by injection or ingestion, and are attracted to specific organs, bones ...
The same problem arises in nuclear medicine, especially in the application of gamma cameras, such as Anger cameras, for example. With this imaging technique, in a similar way to x-ray diagnostics, as few scattered gamma quanta as possible should reach the detector. By contrast with x-ray dia...