Wall B F, Hillier M C, Kendall G M, Shields R A
Br J Radiol. 1985 Feb;58(686):125-30. doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-58-686-125.
A survey of the extent of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures in the UK has been conducted, and information collected on the types of imaging equipment employed and the typical activities of radiopharmaceuticals administered to patients. A total of 380,000 administrations took place in 1982, corresponding to approximately 6.8 per thousand head of population. 84% were imaging investigations, 13% were non-imaging diagnostic procedures and about 3% were for therapy. Bone scans accounted for 25% of all procedures and 99Tcm was the radionuclide of choice for 75% of investigations. Gamma cameras are superseding rectilinear scanners and most are being purchased together with dedicated image processing computers. Their average annual workload is 922 patients per year. There was considerable variation between the typical administered activities reported by different hospitals for the same procedure, and in some cases the figures reported exceeded the maximum usual activities recommended by the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee.
英国开展了一项关于诊断和治疗性核医学程序范围的调查，收集了有关所使用的成像设备类型以及给患者施用的放射性药物的典型活度的信息。1982年共进行了380,000次给药，相当于每千人口约6.8次。84%为成像检查，13%为非成像诊断程序，约3%用于治疗。骨扫描占所有程序的25%，99锝是75%检查的首选放射性核素。γ相机正在取代直线扫描仪，大多数γ相机与专用图像处理计算机一起购买。其平均年工作量为每年922名患者。不同医院报告的同一程序的典型施用活度之间存在很大差异，在某些情况下，报告的数字超过了放射性物质管理咨询委员会建议的最大常用活度。
