BIVISTA
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Extended pilot evaluation of a prototype hand held hybrid gamma camera
IRAS ID
210776
Contact name
John E. Lees
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leicester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 31 days
Research summary
Standard gamma cameras are very large machines that cannot be moved. This restricts the type of patients who can benefit from this technology, as only patients who can attend the clinic have access to the diagnostic tests the device offers. The aim of our project is to undertake clinical development of a hybrid compact gamma camera (HCGC) that combines gamma ray and optical imaging. This work forms part of a joint project between the Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, which has been developing novel instrumentation for imaging gamma rays based on instruments developed for space exploration, Radiological Sciences in the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham and Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Nottingham University Hospitals, which has dedicated nuclear medicine research facilities. We believe that the combination of a hand held gamma camera with an optical camera will have many practical benefits for a number of procedures and would be particularly suitable for intra-operative procedures; the most obvious being registration of the gamma image onto the anatomical optical image allowing the clinician to make a better assessment of radioisotope localisation and hence better diagnosis. The research images (produced by the HCGC) will be visually assessed and compared with the images obtained by the standard gamma camera (clinical images).
This is a non-interventional, single visit study involving patients aged 18 years or above who have been referred to the Nuclear Medicine Clinic at Nottingham University Hospitals as part of a standard diagnostic test.The duration of the study is 11 months. The study is funded by the Science Technology Facilities Council (CLASP Award).REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/YH/0041
Date of REC Opinion
16 Mar 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion