Concept:A Gamma camera is a specialized diagnostic imaging tool used in nuclear medicine to visualize metabolic functions inside the human body.
Solution:- Doctors inject patients with specific radioactive isotopes (like Technetium-99m) attached to pharmaceutical compounds.
- These isotopes selectively accumulate in specific target organs (like bones, heart, or kidneys) based on the body's chemistry.
- As the isotopes decay, they emit gamma rays from inside the organ, which pass through the body and are captured by the Gamma camera to form a map of the organ's function.
Why other options are incorrect:Although isotopes are made of atoms/nucleons, the specific medical term for the active radioactive tracers introduced into the patient is "radioactive isotopes."
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