MacIntyre W J, Go R T
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH.
Adm Radiol. 1991 Nov;10(11):78-80, 83.
In summary it appears that the future of the use of radionuclide procedures will show a continual increase in demand, utilization and growth of Nuclear Medicine as a discipline. The future of nuclear medicine physicians is less clear. Can they continue as a Renaissance model, interpreting all studies on all organs with equal expertise, or will they gradually be absorbed into organ or organ imaging sections to become a specialist on all imaging techniques on that organ? Is it true that the high technological advances that have been incorporated into Nuclear Medicine may be difficult to integrate into another discipline. For example, PET imaging is very much a part of Nuclear Medicine now and its expected growth in the future, along with the accompanying cyclotron and radiochemistry complexities, may prove to be a very large bite for any other discipline to follow. This integration, if it occurs, will not be overnight. Few radiologists practicing today in non-nuclear medicine areas would feel comfortable assuming the responsibilities of radionuclide studies, based on their three to six month stint in Nuclear Medicine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
总之，放射性核素检查的未来似乎表明，作为一门学科，核医学的需求、应用和发展将持续增长。核医学医师的未来则不太明朗。他们能否继续作为一种全面发展的模式，以同等的专业知识解读所有器官的检查，还是会逐渐被纳入器官或器官成像科室，成为该器官所有成像技术的专家呢？已融入核医学的高科技进展是否真的难以融入其他学科？例如，正电子发射断层显像（PET）成像如今已是核医学的重要组成部分，其未来预期的增长，连同随之而来的回旋加速器和放射化学的复杂性，可能会让其他任何学科都难以企及。这种整合即便发生，也不会一蹴而就。如今在非核医学领域执业的放射科医生，基于他们在核医学三到六个月的实习经历，很少有人会放心承担放射性核素检查的职责。（摘要截选于250词）
