Gamma camera Flashcards

1
Q

What are gamma rays

A

photons (high energy light). emitted from the NUCLEUS

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2
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What is gamma radiation?

A

electromagnetic radiation that has high enough energy to knock an electron out of orbit or more. Originates from the nucleus of an atom usually from radioactive decay

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3
Q

Are gamma rays the same as Xrays?

A

No. They appear like xrays at the same energy but xrays are produced by interactions with electron shells of atoms

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4
Q

What is the scintillator made of?

A

thallium doped Na I that produces light when stimulated by gamma or photons

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5
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What are the components of a gamma camera?

A

collimator crystal (scintillator) photomultiplier tubes

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6
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What is septal penetration

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photon/gamma ray pass through the septum of the collimator and reaches the scintillation crystal at the wrong location

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7
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What factors influence septal penetration

A

energy of the incident gamma ray thickness of the septum

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8
Q

How do you increase gamma camera resolution?

A

Reduce the diameter of the hole in the septa or increase the length of the septa

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9
Q

increasing the length of the septa of a gamma camera collimator

A

increases the resolution

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10
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If the septa in a gamma camera are not thick enough, what artifact can happen?

A

star artifact aka, lots of septal penetration

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11
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How does star artifact happen?

A

septa are not thick enough and there is a lot of septal penetration

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12
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How do you reduce star artifact?

A

increase septal thickness

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13
Q

In a gamma camera, is thicker or thinner crystal more sensitive?

A

thicker

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14
Q

Does a thicker or thinner crystal in a gamma camera result in higher resolution?

A

Thinner

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15
Q

Why are collimators used in gamma cameras

A

to decrease scatter

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16
Q

When do you use a parallel collimator?

A

object size = image size

17
Q

When is a diverging collimator used?

A

Object size > image size

18
Q

When are converging collimators used?

A

Object size < image size

19
Q

When are pinhole collimators used?

A

to magnify very small areas such as the thyroid

20
Q

What daily test has to be performed on gamma cameras?

A

daily flood Uniformly flood camera with radioactive source to look for nonuniformities

21
Q

What is a daily flood test

A

Uniformly flood a gamma camera with radioactive source to look for nonuniformities

22
Q

What is an intrinsic flood?

A

collimators are removed, point source is set at a distance away from the camera head

23
Q

What is extrinsic flood?

A

parallel collimators on, flat uniform source

24
Q

What weekly gamma camera test has to be performed?

A

weekly bar test Bar phantom is placed on camera head and imaged

25
Q

What is a weekly bar test for gamma cameras?

A

Bar phantom is placed on camera head and imaged (intrinsic bar test)

(spatial resolution)

26
Q

What does the weekly bar test?

A

detail resolution

27
Q

Low energy radionuclides used with thin crystal gamma camera

A

Tc-99m or TI-201

28
Q

full width half maximum (FWHM)

A

Defines the range of energies the camera will detect centered around the peak energy

29
Q

Tc-99m is detected with what window?

A

20% = 140keV with 20% window (+/- 10%)

30
Q

What range is acquired for Tc-99m imaging?

A

between 126keV (-10%) and 154 keV (+10%) peak is 140keV with a window of 20%