Radiation Dose Management Market Set to Flourish in Coming Years

Driven by the increasing adoption of radiation dose management services and solutions for monitoring the radiation dose in computed tomography (CT) and various other imaging modalities such as nuclear medicine, radiography and mammography, and fluoroscopy and interventional imaging, the global radiation dose management market is predicted to exhibit rapid advancement in the forthcoming years. Furthermore, the implementation of strict government regulations in several countries for preventing the administration of high doses of radiation is massively boosting the growth of the market.

These regulations mandate the provision of reimbursements in cases where the radiation dosage exceeds the permitted levels so that the radiologists adhere to the government guidelines. For example, the National Equipment Manufacturers Association (NEMA) enacted some guidelines in 2014 under the XR-29 for encouraging the adoption of low radiation dosage standards. These guidelines state that the reimbursements for the CT scanners that don’t meet the established dose standards put forth by XR-29 would decrease by as much as 15%. 

Standalone and integrated are the two types of radiation dose management solutions used across the world. Between the two, the integrated solutions category is predicted to register faster growth in the radiation dose management market during the coming years. This is ascribed to the high efficiency of these solutions, as these solutions can be easily incorporated in various systems such as radiology information systems (RISs), electronic health records (EHRs), and picture archive and communication systems (PACSs), in monitoring, tracking, and archiving the dose administered to patients and enhancing patient safety.

Hence, with the growing implementation of strict government regulations and policies in several countries for monitoring the radiation doses being administered in healthcare facilities and the rising awareness amongst the people about the negative effects of radiation, the market will exhibit stable growth all over the world in the future years.

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