The Importance of The Global Radiation Dose Monitoring Market

Diagnostic imaging is an essential component for treatment and post-treatment care for cancer patients. Increased exposure to ionizing radiation in medical imaging procedures has left patients with an increased risk of radiation-induced secondary cancer rather than alleviating such hazards. The risk of developing radiation-induced cancer is higher in children than adults. A child exposed to a specific radiation dose is ten times more likely to develop cancer than an adult. This has led to the implementation of radiation dose monitoring systems all over the world. Pediatric radiologists all over the world advocate the use of radiation dose monitoring systems to track radiation dose exposure of children receiving cancer treatment.

According to global radiation dose monitoring market insights presented by Research on Global Markets, the global radiation dose monitoring market the global radiation dose monitoring market is anticipated to reach a value of USD 3.76 Bn by 2023, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5% during the forecast period 2018-2023.

Global Radiation Dose Monitoring

Radiologists are working actively to minimize and monitor patient dose. Their goal is to enable patients to get the best medical image at the lowest possible exposure. One way to do this is to continuously develop better X-ray detectors so that the exposure level can be reduced by the medical professional while taking a digital X-ray. Software tools have been developed to keep a track of each patient X-ray exposure and also the type and number of tests they have undergone. Such monitoring activities can lead to improved patient care and reduction in the need to repeat X-ray tests.

Radiologists suggest the use of automated dose monitoring software on each patient with cancer. Radiation dose from radiographs, although very low, also needs to be monitored, due to the high number of x-ray exams these patients have in the course of seven years or less.