Patent ID: 8423125

Claim:
A method of radioactive imaging, comprising: (a) providing an isotope in a body of a patient, said isotope being in an imaged area; (b) providing a camera having a plurality of solid-state detectors and a plurality of collimators, each said collimator having a solid collection angle of at least 0.001 steradians, said plurality of solid-state detectors and said plurality of collimators being mounted to provide a plurality of view from a plurality of non parallel planes around said body and directed toward said body to cover at least 180 degrees around at least a portion of said imagined area, said camera being tailored to image a specific body structure, wherein the arrangement of said plurality of solid-state detectors and said plurality of collimators is tailored to image said specific body structure in said imaged area in a manner that allow the camera to detect at least one of about 1500 photons emitted from the isotope in said imaged area, (c) receiving radiation from said body using said radiation camera; (d) reconstructing and displaying a 3d distribution of said isotope from said received radiation; and using said reconstructed distribution from a medical procedure.