CADTH’s study on medical isotopes includes a number of reports to support the health care system in optimizing the use of medical isotopes and alternatives.
Reports
Summary Reports
Final Reports
- Optimizing Health System Use of Medical Isotopes and Other Imaging Modalities (with Appendices)
- Optimizing Health System Use of Medical Isotopes and Other Imaging Modalities (without Appendices)
Environmental Scans*
- Future Alternatives to Molybdenum-99 Production for Medical Imaging, 2010
- The Global Impact of Technetium-99m supply disruptions
- Positron Emission Tomography Scanning in Canada
Other Materials (Prepared with input from the Medical Isotopes and Imaging Modalities Committee)
Background
- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) – What it is and why it was chosen for this project
* An Environmental Scan is a short report on current or emerging issues in health care technology. It typically includes a limited literature review or surveys.
Supply Management Application to Rank Uses of Technetium-99m (The “S.M.A.R.T.” Tool) Reports
- Detection of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Detection of Bile Leak
- Detection of Pulmonary Embolism
- Diagnosis of Fracture
- Diagnosis of Acute Osteomyelitis
- Imaging Bone Metastases in Breast, Prostate, and Lung Cancers
- Assessment of Prognosis Post-Myocardial Infarction
- Detection of Ischemia
- Preoperative Assessment Prior to Major Vascular, Non-Cardiac Surgery
- Evaluation of Painful Prostheses
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Decision-Making
- Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis
- Evaluation of Renal Function Post-Transplant
- Assessment of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity
- Diagnosis of Acute or Subacute Avascular Necrosis
- Suspected Obstructive Uropathy
- Evaluation of Renovascular Hypertension