A method of computed tomography that uses radionuclides which emit a single photon
of a given energy. The camera is rotated 180 or 360 degrees around the patient to
capture images at multiple positions along the arc. The computer is then used to reconstruct
the transaxial, sagittal, and coronal images from the 3-dimensional distribution of
radionuclides in the organ. The advantages of SPECT are that it can be used to observe
biochemical and physiological processes as well as size and volume of the organ. The
disadvantage is that, unlike positron-emission tomography where the positron-electron
annihilation results in the emission of 2 photons at 180 degrees from each other,
SPECT requires physical collimation to line up the photons, which results in the loss
of many available photons and hence degrades the image
Point d'accès autorisé parallèle
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Identifiants externes
Identifiant MeSH : mesD015899
Utilisation dans FMeSH
Qualificatifs autorisés : AE / CL / EC / HI / IS / MT / MO / NU / PX / ST / TD / VE
/ SN / ES90; was SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY & SPECT see TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED
1989
Informations sur la notice
Identifiant de la notice : 040808203
RCR créateur de la notice : 0001
Date de création : 23-09-1998
RCR dernier modificateur de la notice : 4994
Date de dernière modification : 20-03-2024 à 10 h 11