SPECT scanning
SPECT scanning (single photon emission computing tomography) (spekt) n. (in nuclear medicine) a cross-sectional imaging technique for observing an organ or part of the body using a gamma camera; images are produced after injecting a radioactive tracer. It is used particularly in cardiac nuclear medicine imaging (see MUGA scan).
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