低收入和中等收入国家的MRI稀缺性
Mohammad Jalloul1, Monica Miranda-Schaeubinger1, Abass M Noor1,2,3
1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
NMR in biomedicine
|August 13, 2023
概括
由于基础设施和劳动力短缺,低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的许多人无法获得磁共振成像 (MRI). 进一步投资至关重要,以改善全球获得这一重要诊断工具的机会.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 磁共振成像 (MRI) 是一种至关重要的诊断工具,但其全球可访问性分布不均.
- 在MRI服务的可用性方面存在很大的差异,特别影响低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的人口.
研究的目的:
- 突出在LMICs获得MRI服务的挑战.
- 讨论像RAD-AID这样的组织在改善放射学可访问性方面的作用.
- 强调需要增加投资来弥合全球MRI接入差距的需要.
主要方法:
- 全球MRI可访问性数据的审查.
- 分析导致LMICsMRI稀缺性的因素,包括基础设施和劳动力限制.
- 关于RAD-AID在服务不足社区的举措的案例研究.
主要成果:
- 在MRI接入方面,全球存在显著的差异,其中最受影响的是LMICs.
- 基础设施不足和缺乏训练有素的人员是MRI在LMICs可用性的主要障碍.
- 像RAD-AID这样的协作努力显示出希望,但进展仍然缓慢.
结论:
- 解决LMIC中MRI稀缺问题需要解决基础设施赤字和劳动力短缺问题.
- 持续和增加投资至关重要,以提高全球获得MRI服务的机会.
- 全球卫生倡议必须优先考虑先进的诊断成像技术的公平分配.
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