NUCLEAR MEDICINE CAMERAS: Notwithstanding the fact that physicist Hal Anger developed the first successful gamma camera at the University of California in 1952 which called the “Anger Camera”, whereas Iain Stark, a nuclear medicine scientist, invented the “Non-Anger” nuclear medicine camera in the early 1990s. Stark’s innovation involved integrating analog-to-digital conversion directly within each photomultiplier tube (PMT) of the camera, a significant departure from the traditional Anger camera design, which first appeared in 1957. This advancement allowed for the digital processing of gamma ray interactions at the point of detection, enhancing image quality and system performance; and
NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Nuclear medicine is a specialized branch of medical imaging and treatment that uses small amounts of radioactive materials, called radiopharmaceuticals or radiotracers, to diagnose and treat diseases. It is a highly effective and non-invasive method to gather detailed information about the structure and function of organs and tissues.
