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What are planar images?

What are planar images?

What are planar images?

The 2D images from a single gamma camera held in ﬁxed relation to the patient

The gamma camera system consists of a collimator, a sodium iodide crystal, photomultiplier tubes, and a computer. What is the function of each of these components in the system?

Like a plain radiograph, nuclear medicine produces a 2-dimensional image. How can information on depth be obtained?