An early imaging device that maps where nuclear activity has concentrated in the body is the Anger camera, also called the:
AGauge camera
BGamma camera
CGravity camera
DGrating camera
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Gamma camera
1. The isotope emits gamma rays as it decays.
2. The camera collects those rays to build the picture.
3. It is the gamma camera.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics 2e, Chapter 32, Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics._
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