Article Figures & Data
Figures
- FIGURE 1.
γ cameras per million population.
- FIGURE 2.
PET and PET/CT systems installed in the region.
- FIGURE 3.
NM physicians (MD) and technologists (Tech) per γ camera (Gam).
- FIGURE 4.
Nuclear physicists (MP) and radiopharmacists (RP) per center.
- FIGURE 5.
Types of NM procedures (excluding PET) and annual number (data from NUMDAB).
Tables
- TABLE 1
Technologic Resources for NM Imaging in Latin American and Caribbean IAEA ARCAL Countries
γ cameras Country Population (millions) NM centers Planar SPECT Hybrid Total PET cameras Argentina 40.3 295 48 214 8 270 23 Bolivia 9.9 6 3 8 0 11 0 Brazil 193.7 380 0 330 30 360 68 Chile 17 44 4 45 6 55 10 Colombia 45.7 80 0 78 4 82 9 Costa Rica 4.6 6 2 7 0 9 1 Cuba 11.2 15 1 13 1 15 1 Ecuador 13.6 8 1 3 3 7 2 El Salvador 6.1 2 0 2 0 2 0 Guatemala 14 10 4 3 0 7 0 Haiti 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Honduras 7.5 2 0 2 0 2 0 Jamaica 2.7 2 1 1 0 2 0 Mexico 116 200 0 260 25 285 35 Nicaragua 5.7 1 0 1 0 1 0 Panama 3.4 7 0 3 4 7 1 Paraguay 6.3 4 0 5 0 5 1 Peru 29.1 36 2 35 2 39 3 Dominican Republic 10 11 1 12 0 13 1 Uruguay 3.4 8 0 14 3 17 2 Venezuela 28.6 34 13 28 1 42 6 Total 571.8 1,141 80 1,064 87 1,231 161
