Nuclear medicine procedure volume grows 10%

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

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Nuclear medicine procedure volume grows 10%

1/19/04





An estimated 18.4 million nuclear medicine procedures

were performed in the U.S. in 2002, up 9.8% compared

with the 2001 volume of 16.8 million procedures,

according to a report from research firm IMV Medical

Information Division.



Of the 2002 procedures, 9.9 million were

cardiovascular studies, including cardiac perfusion,

according to the Des Plaines, IL-based firm’s 2003

Nuclear Medicine Census Database. Most of the growth

in nuclear medicine (not including PET) has come from

cardiovascular procedures, which grew from 35% of all

studies in 1992 to 54% in 2002, said IMV vice

president Gail Prochaska.



The cardiovascular growth was attributable to rising

procedure volume at non-hospital sites, particularly

cardiology practices, she said. The IMV census found

that 2,823 non-hospital sites performed nuclear

medicine procedures, a 30% increase over the 2,168

locations identified in the previous 2001/2002 census.

That growth rate is 10 times the rate seen in

hospitals performing nuclear medicine, which increased

3% over the same period.



By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

January 19, 2004



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John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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