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The Energy Consumption of Radiology: Energy- and Cost-saving Opportunities for CT and MRI Operation.
Radiology
June 2020
From the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, Basel 4031, Switzerland (T.H., E.M.); Siemens Healthineers, Forchheim, Germany (R.K., M.L., M.P.); Building Management, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (T.W., D.M., A.C.); and School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern (FHWN), Muttenz, Switzerland (M.D., R.L., D.B.).
Background Awareness of energy efficiency has been rising in the industrial and residential sectors but only recently in the health care sector. Purpose To measure the energy consumption of modern CT and MRI scanners in a university hospital radiology department and to estimate energy- and cost-saving potential during clinical operation. Materials and Methods Three CT scanners, four MRI scanners, and cooling systems were equipped with kilowatt-hour energy measurement sensors (2-Hz sampling rate).
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