Scientists in the UK have developed an advanced handheld imaging device that could prove a powerful tool when it comes to tackling cancer, offering 3D images of cancerous growths beneath the skin. The ...

The Mobile Gamma Cameras Market is experiencing strong momentum driven by rising demand for point-of-care diagnostic imaging, advancements in nuclear medicine, and increasing prevalence of chronic ...

Use of a gamma camera to image sentinel lymph nodes during cancer surgery can help the surgeon assess the extent of cancer spread, and could help reduce mortality rates. Portable gamma camera systems ...

The end of the Cold War and the cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider led to the creation of a life-saving medical device. Each year, more than 5 million Americans take a nuclear heart ...

Gamma rays, valued by astrophysicists for conveying information about phenomena in space, are also becoming valued by doctors for their ability to uncover cancer. As the most energetic form of light, ...

The first of four new gamma-ray cameras has recorded its first light at the gamma-ray observatory H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) in Namibia. In July, a team of ten colleagues from DESY ...

Researchers invented a Compton camera of 580g which visualizes gamma rays of arbitrary energies, and succeeded in achieving a high-resolution, multicolor 3-D molecular image of a live mouse ...

Using technology similar to that found in smartphone cameras, NASA scientists are developing upgraded sensors to reveal more details about black hole outbursts and exploding stars—all while being less ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The IAEA has inaugurated a new gamma camera laboratory ...

Hal O. Anger, 85, a nuclear medicine pioneer credited with inventing the gamma camera that captures metabolic processes within a living body, died of undisclosed causes Oct. 31 at his home in Berkeley ...

In this short video, Heather Williams from the Christie Hospital explains the principles of how gamma cameras are used within oncology. Williams, a senior medical physicist for nuclear medicine ...