An estimated 706,100 clinical PET patient studies were performed in the United States in 2003, according to a report just released by IMV Medical Information Division. These PET studies were performed in 1,500 hospital and non-hospital sites, using dedicated PET or PET/CT scanners, mobile PET or PET/CT scanners or nuclear medicine cameras with coincidence detection (NM-CD). Oncology studies comprise 93% of PET studies, with cardiology and neurology applications comprising the remaining 7%.
