Supplying Demand

By Beth W. Orenstein
Radiology Today
Vol. 26 No. 1 P. 12

As medical isotope use increases, radiopharmaceutical companies expand to meet the need.

Hospitals and imaging clinics in the United States currently perform about 20 million nuclear medicine procedures for diagnosis and treatment every year, according to the World Nuclear Association. Six reactors in the world are responsible for much of the supply of radioisotopes needed for these studies. Read more…