Use of Nuclear Medicine for Various Systems Worldwide in 2008, 2009, and 2010
| Procedures (% of total) | |||||||||||
| Year | CV | END | GI | GU | ONC | CNS | PUL | SKE | PET | MISC | THER |
| 2008 | 12.38 | 24.20 | 3.74 | 17.86 | 2.77 | 1.16 | 4.46 | 25.41 | 0.69 | 2.94 | 4.39 |
| 2009 | 13.01 | 18.75 | 4.07 | 16.15 | 3.42 | 1.17 | 4.35 | 27.90 | 3.94 | 2.55 | 4.69 |
| 2010 | 12.05 | 15.63 | 3.74 | 16.67 | 3.22 | 1.02 | 3.30 | 28.30 | 8.14 | 2.49 | 5.44 |
CV = cardiovascular; END = endocrine; GI = gastrointestinal; GU = genitourinary; ONC = oncology (excluding bone scans and PET); CNS = central nervous system; PUL = pulmonary; SKE = skeletal; MISC = miscellaneous; THER = therapy.
Data from western Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan are not included.