Scintillation counters are basically made up of the following main components: a scintillation material (crystal), a photodetector (photomultiplier in this…
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a form of neuroimaging that maps the tangential components of magnetic fields associated with scalp potentials produced…
Functional MRI (fMRI) is the use of MRI to detect localized changes in brain activity, usually in the form of…
Echocardiography is a diagnostic technique that employs ultrasound to produce an image of the beating heart in real time. A…
The radionuclides that are employed in a PET scan as part of radiopharmaceuticals work best when used for imaging certain…
The ability of a PET scanner to target specific functions or objects e.g. tumour makes it a very effective tool…
The radionuclide imaging devices place radionuclides, called tracers, within the body. We have 3 types of imaging that include the…
Thermistors are certainly the most used transducers for medical temperature measurements. Their properties facilitate clinically difficult measurements that include: hypothermia,…
The key application of ultrasound in cardiovascular diagnosis is echocardiogram. It utilizes M-scan technique in the imaging. In the echocardiogram,…
Ophthalmoscope is an instrument used to examine the interior of the eye including the lens, retina, and optic nerve. It…
