Research On The Configuration And Use Of Positron Emission Computed Tomography Equipment Nationwide

PET is a diagnostic imaging technique which scans the metabolic activity of the body,such as measuring glucose metabolism,blood flow or oxygen use.CT primarily provides information about anatomy,and,when intravascular contrast is employed,blood flow and tissue permeability.PET/CT as an imaging technology provides simultaneous structural and metabolic information under identical conditions.With the usage of PET in recent 20 years,its clinical value in cancer,heart and nervous system diseases has been widely recognized.Our government has paid attention to the improvement of people s wellbeing.In order to meet the people’s healthcare needs at different levels,we have gradually increased in the introduction and application of high-tech equipment.As the state-of-the-art technology of imaging equipment,PET/CT has always been priority configuration and procurement project.The overall distribution and configuration is controllable and reasonable.However,with the increase equipment of PET/CT,some medical institutions have blindly increased the use of accessories and use inefficiently.The regulators need ome guiding policies to regulate the usage and management of equipment in medical institutions.Systematically investigate the application of PET/CT devices and accessories in China.Totally 153 hospitals were recruited in this survey which purchased PET/CT during 2008 to 2015 and installed over 1 year by the end of 2016.Literature retrieval was employed for research survey and questionnaire for clinical application studies.The latent capacity PET/CT can be developed depending on the proper and reasonable purchases of PET/CT devices and accessories in accordance with clinical and research requirement.The results of this survey basically reflect the current situation of the use of PET/CT accessories in China.The use of PET/CT fittings coincides with the actual needs of clinical and scientific research.Lack of configuration and idle waste coexist.Adjusting,perfecting and optimizing the method of fitting configuration according to clinical and scientific research requirements will help to further explore the potential of PET/CT.