Reports

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

• Project in Brief
• Summary for Radiologists

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)

Web Tool

• Supply Management Application to Rank Uses of Technetium-99m (“S.M.A.R.T.”)

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)

• Criteria for Optimizing the Use of Technetium-99m
• Clinical Uses of Technetium-99m

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.