title: [Nuclear medicine in Europe: education].
abstract: The technical developments that have taken place in the preceding years (PET, hybrid imaging) have changed nuclear medicine. The future cooperation with radiologists will be challenging as well as positioning nuclear medicine in an European context. It can also be expected that education in nuclear medicine will undergo a harmonization process in the states of the European Union.  In this paper, we describe how nuclear medicine education is organized in several European countries. We aim to stimulate constructive discussions on the future development of the specialization in nuclear medicine in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hellwig
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Freudenberg
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mottaghy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franzius
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biermann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grüning
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leitha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gotthardt
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D005060:Europe; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000193:education*