Challenges in Accessing and Operating PET-CT: Patient Experiences and Institutional Hurdles in a Newly Established Nuclear Medicine Institute in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Sudipto Das Scientific officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Md Jahir Alam Scientific Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Mohakhali, Dhaka
  • Kazi Reazuddin Ahmed Scientific officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Mariom Nusrat Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Jerin Sultana Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Ilteza Tabassum Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Moontaha Binte Rashid Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Md Rezwan Ul Haque Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Jinia Afrin Khan Senior Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka
  • Zeenat Jabin Professor & Director, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjnm.v28i1.79475

Keywords:

PET-CT, hybrid imaging, operational challenge, 18FFDG, radiopharmaceutical

Abstract

Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) is one of the latest state-of-the-art hybrid imaging techniques of nuclear medicine that has various applications in oncology, neurology, cardiology, and infectious disease evaluation. However, accessing this facility in Bangladesh and other 3rd world countries remains limited mostly due to financial barriers. Limited infrastructure, radiopharmaceutical unavailability, and lack of skilled and trained personnel are also some major obstacles of accessing PET-CT in this country. The difficulties patients and nuclear medicine staff encounter while trying to obtain and use 18FFDG PET-CT services in a newly established institute like Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Suhrawardy along with some scenario-based operational challenges have been highlighted in this context.

Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 28(1): 75-80, 2025

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Published

2025-04-13

How to Cite

Das, S., Alam, M. J., Ahmed, K. R., Nusrat, M., Sultana, J., Tabassum, I., … Jabin, Z. (2025). Challenges in Accessing and Operating PET-CT: Patient Experiences and Institutional Hurdles in a Newly Established Nuclear Medicine Institute in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 28(1), 75–80. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjnm.v28i1.79475

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