Intrinsic Uniformity

Intrinsic uniformity is a nuclear medicine quality-control measure describing how evenly a gamma camera responds across its detector when assessed without a collimator. During testing, a uniform flood source irradiates the scintillation crystal, and variations in detected counts reveal nonuniform responses caused by the crystal, photomultiplier tubes, or associated electronics. Measuring intrinsic uniformity helps identify detector degradation, calibration problems, and localized artifacts before clinical imaging. It supports reliable planar and SPECT examinations by improving confidence in image interpretation and quantitative results, making it an important component of routine gamma-camera performance assessment in medical imaging.

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