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  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
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Semantic_Type
  • Diagnostic Procedure
Preferred_Name
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
UMLS_CUI
  • C0040399
ALT_DEFINITION
  • A special type of computed tomography (CT) scan in which a small amount of a radioactive drug is injected into a vein and a scanner is used to make detailed images of areas inside the body where the radioactive material is taken up by the cells. Single-photon emission computed tomography can give information about blood flow to tissues and chemical reactions (metabolism) in the body.NCI-GLOSS
  • 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.MSH2001
Legacy_Concept_Name
  • Single_Photon_Emission_Computed_Tomography
FULL_SYN
  • Single Photon Emission Computed TomographyPTNCI
  • Single Photon Emission Computed TomographySYNCI
  • Single Photon Emission TomographySYNCI
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonSYNCI
  • SPECT imagingSYNCI
  • tomography, emission computed, single photonSYNCI
  • SPECTPTNCI-GLOSSCDR0000306534
  • SPETABNCI
  • SPECTABNCI
  • Medical Imaging, Single Photon Emission Computed TomographySYNCI
  • single-photon emission computed tomographyPTNCI-GLOSSCDR0000306519
DEFINITION
  • A type of tomography in which gamma photon-emitting radionuclides are administered to the patient and then detected by one or more gamma cameras rotated around the patient. From the series of two-dimensional images produced, a three-dimensional image can be created by computer reconstruction.NCI
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  • C17203
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