Anger camera

noun

ˈaŋ-gər- 

: a gamma camera with vacuum tube photomultipliers that is used primarily in medical imaging

Millions of patients all over the world have benefited from diagnosis and treatment that depended on the use of the Anger camera and the innovations made possible by its development.

—Henry N. Wagner Jr., The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, November 2003

Word History

Etymology

after Hal O. Anger †2005 U.S. electrical engineer

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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