The role, responsibility and staffing of nuclear medicine physicists / 中华放射医学与防护杂志

ABSTRACT

Nuclear medicine physicists play an important role in nuclear medicine, and they are also a significant part of medical physicists. This study investigated the regulations and requirements of international organizations such as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and International Organization Medical Physics (IOMP)for medical physicists in nuclear medicine, and discussed the necessity, role, responsibilities and the quantity requirements of nuclear medicine physicists staffing in hospitals according to the demand for nuclear medicine physicists and the present situation of nuclear medicine physicists in China, so as to provide a reference for the work of nuclear medicine physicists in China.