Vietnam’s nuclear medicine makes big leaps within short time

Vietnam has been quick to grasp trends and effectively use radiation and radioisotopes in the healthcare sector, according to Tran Duc Thiep, a member of the National Council for the Development and Application of Atomic Energy. Vietnam has obtained brilliant achievements in all three fields of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

In diagnosis, medical facilities use X-rays to find injuries and inject nuclear isotopes to identify radiation via images of parts of the human body. Vietnam now has 45 radiographic devices (over 35 SPECT and SPECT/CT and 9 PET/CT).

According to a report, the total number of MV radiotherapy equipment is 68, including 41 LINAC linear accelerators, 01 Cyber-Knife, 09 Co-60, 06 Gamma-Knife and 11 HDR (high-dose rate) machines.

However, Thiep said that medical facilities using radiation technology do not have close connections. If the facilities cooperate, Vietnam would have a network of medical equipment using radiation technology which would improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment.

According to Thiep, Vietnam has great potential to develop radiation technology in nuclear medicine as well as production of radioisotope and radioactive materials, because in the future the country will have a high-capacity nuclear research reactor and accelerators that produce isotopes.

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Source: Vietnamnet Bridge