2008 Nuclear Medicine Market Summary Report : Market Research Report

2008 Nuclear Medicine Market Summary Report

Published by: IMV Medical Information Division, Inc.

Published: Nov. 1, 2008

I. Objectives
II. Executive Summary
III. Methodology
IV. Findings: A. Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits and Procedure Volume; B. Radiopharmaceuticals and Pharmacological Stress Agents; C. Nuclear Medicine Cameras - Installed Base; D. Nuclear Medicine Computers - Installed Base; E. Nuclear Medicine Equipment Purchase Plans; F. Networking for Nuclear Medicine Images; G. Site Operations Characteristics
EXHIBITS
A. Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits and Procedure Volume: 1. Nuclear Medicine Sites, Patient Visits and Procedures, 2007; 2. Total Number of Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 1997-2008; 3. Average Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits per Site, by Site Type, 2002-2007; 4. Total Nuclear Medicine Procedure Volume, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 1997-2008; 5. Average Nuclear Medicine Procedures Performed per Site, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 2002-2007; 6. Average Nuclear Medicine Procedures Performed per Site, by Site Type, 2002-2007; 7. 2007 Nuclear Medicine Patient Visit Mix, by Procedure Type, All Sites; 8. Total Number of Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits, by Procedure Type, All Sites, 2007; 9. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits by Procedure Type, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, 2007; 10. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Procedures or Patient Visits by Procedure Type, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, 2002-2007; 11. Hospital vs. Non-Hospital Mix of Nuclear Medicine Procedures or Patient Visits by Procedure Type, 2002-2007; 12. Percent of Sites Performing Nuclear Medicine Procedures, by Procedure Type, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, 2007; 13. Average Number of Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits per Site Performing, by Procedure Type, Hospitals vs. Non-Hospitals, 2007; 14. Distribution of Tumor Localization Patient Visits, by Cancer Type, 2007; 15. Distribution of Tumor Localization Patient Visits, by Cancer Type, 2005-2007; 16. Percent of Nuclear Medicine Sites Performing Tumor Localization Studies, by Cancer Type, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, 2007; 17. Inpatient vs. Outpatient Mix, 1997-2007; 18. Nuclear Medicine Sites Reporting that Their Facility Performs Stress Echo, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 19. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Sites Performing or Planning to Perform PET Procedures Using PET Technology, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 20. Type of PET Technology Planned by Nuclear Medicine Sites Who Plan to Perform PET Procedures Over the Next Three Years, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 21. Estimates of Annual U.S. Nuclear Imaging Procedures or Patient Visits, 1992-2007
B. Radiopharmaceuticals and Pharmacological Stress Agents: 1. Facilities Performing Radionuclide Therapy, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 2. Whether Respondent’s Department Performs Radionuclide Therapy, as of 2008 Census Survey; 3. Number of Patients Treated with Radionuclide Therapy, 1997-2007; 4. Average Annual Number of Patients Treated with Radionuclide Therapy, per Site Performing, by Site Type, 2007; 5. Average Annual Number of Patients Treated with Radionuclide Therapy, per Site Performing, 1997-2007; 6. Radionuclide Therapy Patient Volume, by Radioactive Agent, 2002-2007; 7. Percent of Radionuclide Therapy Sites Using Specific Radionuclide Therapy Agents, by Site Type, 2007; 8. Sites Performing and Patients Receiving Myocardial Ischemia/Perfusion Scans, by Site Type, 2007; 9. Number of Patients Receiving Myocardial Ischemia/Perfusion Scans, by Site Type, 2002-2007; 10. Number of Sites Performing Myocardial Ischemia/Perfusion Scans, by Site Type, 2002-2007; 11. Proportion of Myocardial Perfusion Studies Using Gated SPECT, 2001-2007; 12. Average Myocardial Perfusion Patient Visits Using Gated SPECT per Site, by Site Type, 2007; 13. Radioactive Agents Used for Myocardial Ischemia/Cardiac Perfusion Patient Visits, 2007; 14. Percentage of Cardiac Perfusion Studies Using Specific Isotopes, 2002-2007; 15. Percentage of Cardiac Perfusion Studies Using Single vs. Dual Isotopes, 2000-2007; 16. Percentage of Cardiac Perfusion Studies Using Single vs. Dual Isotopes, by Site Type, 2007; 17. Percentage of Cardiac Perfusion Studies Using Specific Isotopes, by Site Type, 2007; 18. Percentage of Cardiac Perfusion Sites Using Specified Agents, 2000-2007; 19. Patients Receiving One- vs. Two-Day Protocols for Perfusion Studies, by Site Type, 2007; 20. Percentage of Sites Providing One- vs. Two-Day Protocols for Perfusion Studies, by Site Type, 2007; 21. Percent of Myocardial Ischemia/Perfusion Patients, by Injection Type, 2007; 22. Percentage of Sites Providing Perfusion Injections, by Injection Type, 2007; 23. Distribution of Perfusion Injections by Isotope, 2001-2007; 24. Distribution of Perfusion Injections by Isotope, by Site Type, 2007; 25. Cardiac Perfusion Patients by Stress Mode, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, 2007; 26. Cardiac Perfusion Patients by Stress Mode, 2001-2007; 27. Percent of Cardiac Perfusion Pharmacological Stress Patients, by Stress Agent, by Site Type, 2007; 28. Percent of Cardiac Perfusion Pharmacological Stress Patients, by Stress Agent, 2001-2007; 29. Number of Cardiac Perfusion Pharmacological Stress Patients, by Stress Agent, 2001-2007; 30. Distribution of 2007 Radiopharmaceutical Budgets; 31. Radiopharmaceutical Budget Trend, 2001-2007; 32. Distribution of Radiopharmaceutical Budgets, by Site Type, 2007; 33. Radiopharmaceutical Expenditures, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 2001-2007; 34. Average Radiopharmaceutical Expenditures per Site and per Patient, by Site Type, 2007; 35. Average Radiopharmaceutical Expenditures per Patient, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 2001-2007; 36. Radiopharmaceutical Expenditure Trend by Distribution Source, 1997-2007; 37. Radiopharmaceutical Distribution Sources, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 38. Estimated Expenditures for Radiopharmaceuticals by Source, All Sites, 2001-2007; 39. Market Share of Expenditures for Radiopharmaceuticals by Source, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 1997-2007; 40. Membership in Buying Groups for Radiopharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, as of 2008 Census Survey; 41. Distribution of Sites, by Percentage of Radiopharmaceuticals Purchased by Group Members Under Buying Group’s Product or Price List, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey
C. Nuclear Medicine Cameras - Installed Base: 1. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Sites and Cameras, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 2. Installed Base of Nuclear Medicine Cameras, in Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, by Census Year, 1997/98 to 2008; 3. Distribution of Sites, by Number of Nuclear Medicine Cameras Installed, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 4. Percent Distribution of Camera Installed Base, by Manufacturer, as of 2008 Census Survey; 5. Installed Base of Nuclear Medicine Cameras, by Manufacturer, by Census Year, 2001/02 to 2008; 6. Percent Distribution of Camera Installed Base, by Current Manufacturers, by Census Year, 1995 to 2008; 7. Camera Installed Base, by Year of Installation, as of 2008 Census Survey; 8. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Camera Installed Base, by Year of Installation, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 9. Camera Installed Base Market Share, by Year of Installation, from 2003 to Mid-2008, as of 2008 Census Survey; 10. Installed Base of Nuclear Medicine Cameras, by Type, by Census Year, 2001/02 to 2008; 11. Distribution of Camera Installed Base, by Camera Type, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 12. Recent Adoption Rate of Nuclear Medicine Camera Types, by Year of Installation, from 2002 to Mid-2008, as of 2008 Census Survey; 13. Planar Camera Installed Base Share, as of 2008 Census Survey; 14. Single-Head SPECT Camera Installed Base Share, as of 2008 Census Survey; 15. Dual-Head SPECT Camera Installed Base Share, as of 2008 Census Survey; 16. Triple-Head SPECT Camera Installed Base Share, as of 2008 Census Survey; 17. SPECT/CT Camera Installed Base Share, as of 2008 Census Survey; 18. Percent of Cameras with Coincidence Detection Capability, as of 2008 Census Survey; 19. Recent Adoption Rate of Dual- or Triple-Head SPECT Cameras with Coincidence Detection, by Year of Installation, from 2002 to Mid-2008, as of 2008 Census Survey; 20. Percent of Nuclear Camera Installed Base with Attenuation Correction Capability, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 21. Recent Adoption Rate of Nuclear Medicine Cameras with Attenuation Correction Capability, by Year of Installation, from 2002 to Mid-2008, as of 2008 Census Survey; 22. Distribution of Camera Installed Base, by Attenuation Correction Type, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 23. Recent Adoption Rate of Nuclear Medicine Cameras, by Attenuation Correction Type, by Year of Installation, from 2002 to Mid-2008, as of 2008 Census Survey; 24. Distribution of SPECT/CT Cameras, by Number of CT Slices, as of 2008 Census Survey; 25. Recent Adoption Rate of SPECT/CT Cameras, by Number of CT Slices, by Year of Installation, from 2000 to 2007, as of 2008 Census Survey; 26. Finance Method for Installed Nuclear Medicine Cameras, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey
D. Nuclear Medicine Computers - Installed Base: 1. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Sites and Computers, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 2. Installed Base of Nuclear Medicine Computers, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, by Census Year, 1997/98 to 2008; 3. Whether Nuclear Medicine Computers are Separate from or Integrated with Cameras, as of 2008 Census Survey; 4. Percent Distribution of Computer Installed Base, by Manufacturer, as of 2008 Census Survey; 5. Installed Base of Nuclear Medicine Computers, by Manufacturer, by Census Year, 2001/02 to 2008; 6. Percent Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Computer Installed Base, by Current Manufacturers, by Census Year, 1995 to 2008; 7. Computer Installed Base, by Year of Installation, as of 2008 Census Survey; 8. Distribution of Nuclear Medicine Computer Installed Base, by Year of Installation,; Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 9. Computer Installed Base Market Share, by Year of Installation, from 2003 to Mid-2008, as of 2008 Census Survey; 10. Percent of Sites with Specified Nuclear Medicine Computer Software Capabilities for Cardiac Studies, by Census Year, 2001/02 to 2008; 11. Finance Method for Installed Nuclear Medicine Computers, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 12. Percent of Sites Familiar with the Concept of Image Fusion, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 13. Whether Sites Familiar with Image Fusion Currently or Plan to Combine Nuclear Medicine Images with Other Images, as of 2008 Census Survey; 14. Whether Sites Familiar with Image Fusion Currently or Plan to Combine Nuclear Medicine Images with Other Images, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 15. Whether Sites Familiar with Image Fusion Currently or Plan to Combine Nuclear Medicine Images with Other Images, by Census Year, 1999/2000 to 2008; 16. Types of Images Currently Combined with Nuclear Medicine Images, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 17. Types of Images to be Combined with Nuclear Medicine Images, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey
E. Nuclear Medicine Equipment Purchase Plans: 1. Camera Type Planned for Next Purchase, as of 2008 Census Survey; 2. Camera Type Planned for Next Purchase, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 3. Distribution of Planned SPECT/CT Units, by Number of CT Slices Planned, as of 2008 Census Survey; 4. Intended Applications for Planned Camera Purchases, as of 2008 Census Survey; 5. Percent of Cameras Planned with Coincidence Detection Capability, as of 2008 Census Survey; 6. Percent of Cameras Planned with Attenuation Correction Capability, as of 2008 Census Survey; 7. Percent of Computers Planned to be Separate from vs. Built into Cameras, as of 2008 Census Survey; 8. Plans for Purchasing Reconditioned Nuclear Medicine Cameras, as of 2008 Census Survey; 9. Plans for Purchasing Reconditioned Nuclear Medicine Computers, as of 2008 Census Survey; 10. Percent Distribution of Sites Mentioning Vendors Considered for Next Nuclear Medicine Equipment Purchase, as of 2008 Census Survey; 11. Brand Loyalty: Nuclear Medicine Camera Vendors Being Considered by Current Camera Installed Base, as of 2008 Census Survey; 12. Brand Loyalty: Nuclear Medicine Computer Vendors Being Considered by Current Computer Installed Base, as of 2008 Census Survey; 13. Plans for Replacement vs. Additional Cameras and Computers, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, as of 2008 Census Survey; 14. Intended Financing Method for Next Camera and Computer Acquisition, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, as of 2008 Census Survey; 15. Distribution of Sources for Service Support of Nuclear Medicine Equipment, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 16. Current and Planned Equipment Service Support by Modem, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 17. Distribution of 2008 Nuclear Medicine Equipment Budgets, All Sites; 18. Nuclear Medicine Equipment Budget Trend, 2000-2008; 19. 2008 Nuclear Medicine Equipment Budget Distribution, by Site Type; 20. Average Nuclear Medicine Equipment Budget per Site Having a Budget, by Site Type, 2000-2008; 21. Buying Group Influence on Nuclear Imaging Equipment Purchases, as of 2008 Census Survey; 22. Buying Group Influence on Nuclear Imaging Equipment Purchases, Hospital vs. Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey
F. Networking for Nuclear Medicine Images: 1. Current Use of Networks to Transmit Nuclear Medicine Images, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 2. Current Use of Networks to Transmit Nuclear Medicine Images, by Census Year, 2005-2008; 3. Nuclear Medicine Sites Using Networks, by Year of Network Installation, as of 2008 Census Survey; 4. Software Vendors of Networks Used for Nuclear Medicine Images, as of 2008 Census Survey; 5. Whether Network Used for Transmission of Nuclear Medicine Images is Web-Enabled, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 6. Whether Network Used for Transmission of Nuclear Medicine Images is Web-Enabled, by Census Year, 2005-2008; 7. Whether Network Used for Transmission of Nuclear Medicine Images Uses DICOM, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 8. Whether Network Used for Transmission of Nuclear Medicine Images Uses DICOM, by Census Year, 2005-2008; 9. Whether Network Used for Transmission of Nuclear Medicine Images Also Transmits Other Images, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 10. Whether Network Used for Transmission of Nuclear Medicine Images Also Transmits Other Images, by Census Year, 2005-2008; 11. Whether Other Images Transmitted are from Radiology vs. Cardiac Modalities, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 12. Whether Nuclear Medicine Image Network Interfaces to RIS, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 13. Whether Nuclear Medicine Image Network Interfaces to RIS, by Census Year, 2005-2008; 14. Whether Nuclear Medicine Image Network Interfaces to HIS, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 15. Whether Nuclear Medicine Image Network Interfaces to HIS, by Census Year, 2005-2008; 16. Proportion of Sites Planning to Buy, Replace or Expand their Network Capability for Nuclear Medicine Images, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 17. Sites Planning to Purchase Networks for Nuclear Medicine Images, by Whether they Currently Have Networks, as of 2008 Census Survey; 18. Proportion of Sites Planning to Buy Nuclear Medicine Image Transmission Capability for an Existing Network or Purchase a New Network, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 19. Current Type of Network that Nuclear Medicine Image Transmission Capability is being Added to, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, as of 2008 Census Survey; 20. Type of Expansion being Planned for Existing Nuclear Medicine Image Networks, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, as of 2008 Census Survey; 21. Type of New Network Planned, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 22. Whether Networks that are Planned for Nuclear Medicine Images Only Will Link to Other Networks, as of 2008 Census Survey; 23. Software Vendors Being Considered for Planned Nuclear Medicine Image Networks, as of 2008 Census Survey; 24. Whether New or Expanded Networks Will Be Web-Enabled, as of 2008 Census Survey; 25. Current and Planned Status of Internet Access for Nuclear Medicine Departments, as of 2008 Census Survey
G. Site Operations Characteristics: 1. Department Operating Nuclear Medicine Equipment, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 2. Year Facility Started Performing Nuclear Medicine Studies, Hospitals and Non-Hospitals, as of 2008 Census Survey; 3. Average Nuclear Medicine Procedures per Camera, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 1999-2007; 4. Estimated Total FTE Staffing of Nuclear Medicine Sites, by Staff Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 5. Estimated Technologist FTE Staffing of Nuclear Medicine Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, by Census Year, 1999/2000 to 2008; 6. Percent of Nuclear Medicine Sites with Staff Types, as of 2008 Census Survey; 7. Percent of Nuclear Medicine Sites with Staff Types, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 8. Average Number of FTE Staff per Site Employing that Staff Type, All Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 9. Average Number of Technologist FTEs per Site, by Census Year, 1999/2000 to 2008; 10. Average Number of FTE Staff per Site Employing that Staff Type, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 11. Average Annual Nuclear Medicine Procedures per Technologist FTE, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 2001 to 2008; 12. Average Annual Nuclear Medicine Patients per Technologist FTE, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, 2001 to 2008; 13. Percent of Nuclear Medicine Sites Having Physicians Reading Scans, and Average Number of Physicians per Site Having, by Full- or Part-Time Status, as 2008 Census Survey; 14. Average Number of Physicians Reading Nuclear Medicine Scans per Site Having, by Full- or Part-Time Status, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 15. Distribution of Sites, by Total Physicians that Read Nuclear Medicine Scans, as of 2008 Census Survey IV-95; 16. Average Annual Nuclear Medicine Procedures Read per Site, per Physician, by Site Type, 2007 & 2008; 17. Specialties of Physicians Reading Nuclear Medicine Scans in Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 18. Whether Nuclear Medicine Exams are Sent to an Off-Site Radiology Service to be Read, as of 2008 Census Survey; 19. Average Waiting Time for a Non-Emergency Outpatient Visit for a Nuclear Medicine Study, Hospital and Non-Hospital Sites, as of 2008 Census Survey; 20. Average Waiting Time for a Non-Emergency Outpatient Visit for a Nuclear Medicine Study, by Census Year, 2001/02 to 2008; 21. Hours per Week (Monday-Friday) Nuclear Medicine Department Open for Scheduled Procedures, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 22. Hours per Weekend Nuclear Medicine Department Open for Scheduled Procedures, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 23. Total Hours per Week (Monday-Friday) Nuclear Medicine Department Open, Including On-Call, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 24. Total Hours per Weekend Nuclear Medicine Department Open, Including On-Call, by Site Type, as of 2008 Census Survey; 25. Reimbursement Sources for Nuclear Medicine Patient Billings, as of 2008 Census Survey; 26. 2007 Nuclear Medicine Patient Visits per Thousand Population, by State

Abstract

Based on interviews with 2,197 locations, the IMV 2008 Nuclear Medicine Market Summary Report extrapolates the research to our identified universe of 7,322 U.S. nuclear medicine sites, profiling major trends in nuclear medicine utilization and purchasing decisions. The report summarizes data collected by IMV from August 2007 through July 2008, covering hospital and non-hospital locations that perform nuclear medicine studies. Trends in procedure volumes by major anatomical category, planar, SPECT, and SPECT/CT camera installed base, features and manufacturers of installed nuclear medicine cameras and computers, equipment buying plans, networking plans, radiopharmaceutical utilization and suppliers, operational budgets and staffing levels are all part of this report.

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2008 Nuclear Medicine Market Summary Report

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