title: Acquisition planning for nuclear medicine imaging equipment.
abstract: The acquisition of imaging equipment is sometimes accomplished with less than optimal planning which leads less than satisfactory results. The purpose of this article is to outline a plan for acquisition designed to reduce some of the problems.
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009684:Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013997:Time Factors