PET imaging utilization and trends in Germany: a comprehensive survey
Clinical adoption of PET imaging in Germany is behind compared to Italy, France, and Belgium. However, newly established outpatient reimbursement seems to contribute to recent growth in PET volume. We observe considerable shift towards theranostic applications.
Authors
- Andrei Todica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-6565)
- Matthias Miederer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-5995)
- D. Hellwig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-0143)
- Robert Seifert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5985-7701)
- Sarah M. Schwarzenböck
- Frank M. Bengel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4529-7963)
- Markus Luster
- Henryk Barthel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9322-9167)
- Ken Herrmann
- Carsten Kobe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2909-0826)
- Adrien Holzgreve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9566-8438)
- Ambros J. Beer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9042-7806)
- Wolfgang P. Fendler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5106-3584)
- Michael Schäfers
- Detlef Moka
- Constantin Lapa
Institutions
- German Society of Surgery (DE)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- University of Augsburg (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- Ihre-Radiologen (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- University Hospital Ulm (DE)
- Molecular Theranostics (United States) (US)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- University of Rostock (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-025-07323-x
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.44