NUMDAB (NUclear Medicine DAtaBase)
Nuclear medicine is a rapidly growing discipline employing advanced technology. Medical practice gets significant benefit from molecular imaging procedures such as SPECT, PET, and from novel hybrid techniques like SPECT/CT and PET/CT that provide unique functional and anatomical information relevant for patient management and biomedical research. Molecular-targeted therapy is also growing fast, with continuous developing approaches aimed to fight several forms of cancer. However, the reality today is that these technologies are not evenly distributed between countries
The IAEA is committed to scientific co-operation and to the transfer of nuclear technologies to Member States for peaceful applications. To meet this mandate, the IAEA should have accurate information regarding the status of technology, facilities, manpower and educational infrastructure in order to address the current needs of Member States.