In 2020, the diagnostic exams of positron emission tomography scan in the United States remained nearly unchanged at around 2,220,300 exams. Still, the diagnostic exams reached their highest value in the observed period in 2020.
Number of PET examinations in the United States from 2010 to 2020
Characteristic
Number of PET exams
2010
875,900
2011
944,600
2012
893,500
2013
842,400
2014
856,400
2015
830,100
2016
876,700
2017
933,000
2018
1,058,000
2019
2,200,800
2020
2,220,300
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