The application of ionizing radiation in medical domain in Fujian province

To promote the development of ionizing radiation in medical domain and serve the public in health, this paper analyzed the application actuality of ionizing radiation in the medical domain in Fujian Province. This paper studied up on data of radiation hygiene supervision in Fujian and similar data at home and abroad, in accordance with the national rules and regulations. In addition to military hospitals, there have been 25 radiotherapy units under operation in the province by 2007. These units are equipped with 103 radiotherapy machines and 20 hospitals have nuclear medicine departments. 140 CT machines are in running. Except some projects, like PET-CT, possession rate of large-sized medical radiological equipment for one million people in the province reached average level across the nation. The protection and application quality control of ionizing radiation in medical domain in Fujian Province lagged behind that in other provinces. Expect very few projects. The possession of large-sized medical radiological equipment for one million people in the province cannot match the province's economic status across the nation. It is necessary for the province to better the mechanism and accelerate the development of ionizing radiation application in the local medical domain. (authors)