Research Article

Online Appointment Scheduling for a Nuclear Medicine Department in a Chinese Hospital

Table 2

The resource consumption of item groups.

Item groupsProcedure time
Medicine type
Dosage
Injection method
③/①

Group 1
 Whole body bone scan
 Bone dynamic scan
18 minTc30 mCiNonbedside1.67
Group 2
 Thyroid scan
4 minTc2-3 mCiBedside0.5
Group 3
 Salivary glands scan
 Kidney scan
 GFR
35 minTc5 mCiBedside0.15
Group 4
 I131 therapeutic agent scan
 I131 whole body scan
12 minIPer os0

Preparation Time. 30 s for getting in and out of bed, 1–3 min for bedside injection.