测量MRI和CT对环境的影响:生命周期评估
Diana E Carver1, Sumit Pruthi2, Olesya Struk3
1Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Vice Chair of Working Group on Environmental Sustainability in Medical Imaging Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Alexandria, Virginia.
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
|October 6, 2025
概括
磁共振成像 (MRI) 和计算机断层扫描 (CT) 服务对环境产生重大影响,主要是通过能源消耗. 过渡到可再生能源,如太阳能光伏,可以大幅减少这些排放.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 医疗保健的可持续性 医疗保健的可持续性
- 医学成像技术 医学成像技术
背景情况:
- 像MRI和CT这样的医学成像模式是必不可少的诊断工具.
- 医疗保健服务的环境足迹越来越被认为是一个关键问题.
- 生命周期评估 (LCA) 为评估产品和服务对环境的影响提供了一个框架.
研究的目的:
- 量化MRI和CT成像服务对环境的影响.
- 确定环境足迹的关键贡献者,包括能源使用,资源消耗和排放.
- 探索潜在的缓解策略,以减少医学成像对环境的负担.
主要方法:
- 根据ISO 14040标准进行了一次LCA.
- 该研究涵盖了一年多的800个床位的学术医疗中心的MRI和CT扫描仪.
- 数据收集涉及直接观察,记录审查,采访和能源计量,使用SimaPro和Ecoinvent进行分析.
主要成果:
- 据估计,MRI和CT服务每年分别产生221和108二氧化碳等价物.
- 能源消耗是最大的排放来源 (58%为MRI,33%为CT),其次是一次性供应.
- 切换到太阳能电能可以将MRI排放量减少70%和CT排放量减少40%.
结论:
- 核磁共振和CT服务对环境产生重大影响,其中能源使用是主要的驱动因素.
- 可再生能源,特别是太阳能光伏,为减少排放提供了巨大的潜力.
- 优化扫描仪利用率,使用可重复使用的供应,并采用循环经济原则对于可持续性至关重要.
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