An audit by the Supreme Audit Institution has revealed serious deficiencies in the supervision of the operation of the Molecular Imaging and Technology Development Laboratory Ltd. Medical University of Bialystok. Between 2015 and 2022, equipment worth more than PLN 16.5 million and intended for advanced PET/MR studies was mainly used for MRI. PET/MR examinations accounted for only 3.6% of all procedures performed.
Untapped opportunities and unrealistic plans
The Biograph mMR is one of two devices in Poland that allows simultaneous magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) examinations, enabling early detection of cancerous lesions and other metabolic diseases. Nonetheless, the device in Bialystok was mainly used for MR examinations. Between 2015 and 2022, only 1,576 PET/MR examinations were performed, far short of the target of 9,700 such procedures ove...
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