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Nuclear Medicine Technology Employment of nuclear medicine technologists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2010. The number of openings each year will be very low because the occupation is small. Growth will arise from an increase in the number of middle-aged and older persons who are the primary users of diagnostic procedures, including nuclear medicine tests.
On the other hand, cost considerations will affect the speed with which new applications of nuclear medicine grow. Some promising nuclear medicine procedures, such as positron emission tomography (PET), are extremely costly, and hospitals contemplating them will have to consider equipment costs, reimbursement policies, and the number of potential users. "If you have a keen interest in the health sciences and computer technology and are looking for a people-oriented career, consider Nuclear Medicine Technology!Nuclear medicine combines chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine in using radioactivity to diagnose and treat disease. Though there are many diagnostic techniques currently available, nuclear medicine uniquely provides information about both the structure and function of virtually every major organ system within the body. It is this ability to characterize and quantify physiologic function which separates nuclear medicine from other imaging modalities, such as x-ray. Nuclear medicine procedures are safe, they involve little or no patient discomfort and do not require the use of anesthesia." From www.snm.org/education/new_careers_1.html Offered by:
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Technological innovations may increase the diagnostic uses of
nuclear medicine. One example is the use of radiopharmaceuticals in combination with
monoclonal antibodies to detect cancer at far earlier stages than is customary today, and
without resorting to surgery. Another is the use of radionuclides to examine the heart's
ability to pump blood. Wider use of nuclear medical imaging to observe metabolic and
biochemical changes for neurology, cardiology, and oncology procedures, also will spur
some demand for nuclear medicine technologists.