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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2011 Aug 9;56(17):R145–R182. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/17/R01

Figure 3.

Figure 3

a) The basic structure of the Anger Camera comprises a collimator, a monolithic scintillator crystal, a light guide that allows light to spread, and an array of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) with related electronics. Position estimation was originally performed with analog circuitry; in current systems PMT outputs are digitized and all processing is digital. b) Hal Anger shown with early example of his camera being applied in a clinical setting (Reprinted by permission of the Society of Nuclear Medicine from: Nuclear Medicine Pioneer, Hal O. Anger, 1920–2005. J Nucl Med Technol. 2005; 33(4): 250-253). c) A cutaway of an actual camera (Courtesy of M. Wernick and J. Aarsvold).