Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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.
Year introduced: 1990
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Tree Number(s): E01.370.350.350.800.800, E01.370.350.600.350.800.800, E01.370.350.710.800.800, E01.370.350.825.800.800, E01.370.384.730.800.800
MeSH Unique ID: D015899
Entry Terms:
- CAT Scan, Single-Photon Emission
- CAT Scan, Single Photon Emission
- CT Scan, Single-Photon Emission
- CT Scan, Single Photon Emission
- Radionuclide Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed
- Radionuclide Tomography, Single Photon Emission Computed
- Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography
- Single Photon Emission Computer Assisted Tomography
- Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography
- Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography
- Single-Photon Emission CT Scan
- Single Photon Emission CT Scan
- Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography
- Emission-Computed Tomography, Single-Photon
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed
- SPECT
- Tomography, Single-Photon, Emission-Computed
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