Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement, modality by modality.
7 entries
CT Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a multi-detector CT scanner — what comes out, what gets recycled, what gets resold, and what regulatory steps…
Linear Accelerator Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a megavoltage radiotherapy linac. Unique among diagnostic-imaging decommissioning because photon beams above ~10…
Mammography Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a mammography unit. Smaller scope than CT or MRI decommissioning, but with its own discipline: a-Se detector…
MRI Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a superconducting MRI scanner — the most logistically complex decommissioning in diagnostic imaging because of…
Nuclear Medicine Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a gamma camera, SPECT, or SPECT / CT system. Two parallel work streams: the camera (hygroscopic / hazmat…
PET/CT Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a PET / CT scanner. Combines the CT-side decommissioning of a multi-detector CT scanner with the isotope-side…
Ultrasound Decommissioning
End-of-life retirement of a cart-based or handheld ultrasound system. Ultrasound carries no ionizing-radiation regulatory burden — there…