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Gamma camera
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<p>A gamma camera (γ-camera), also called a scintillation camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as <a href="/facts/Scintigraphy/tkaKjAEH">scintigraphy</a>. The applications of scintigraphy include early <a href="/facts/Drug_development/k34jgV4B">drug development</a> and <a href="/facts/Nuclear_medicine/L9Dzjd90">nuclear medical imaging</a> to view and analyse images of the human body or the distribution of medically injected, inhaled, or ingested <a href="/facts/Radionuclides/5WpCfbdq">radionuclides</a> emitting <a href="/facts/Gamma_ray/5Drf913J">gamma rays</a>. </p>