18 F-FDG DISA SPECT imaging was performed in 41,127 cases, including 62 % for cancer examination, 7.1 % for cardiac imaging, and 1.7 % for physical examination.

MPI studies constituted only 9.3 % of all radionuclide imaging procedures (109,752 of 1, 178,800) in 2009, a percentage significantly lower than that in the USA. There were 6838 faculties and staff members working in the field of nuclear medicine, including 2687 physicians (39.3 %), 2458 technicians (36.0 %),1058 nurses (15.5 %), 96 engineers (1.4 %), and 539 others (7.9 %). According to the survey data, 875 departments were specialized ( n =601) or related to nuclear medicine among these, 470 had a total of 386 SPECT scanners and 169 dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition (DISA) SPECT or SPECT/CT scanners, and 56 had a total of 133 PET/CT scanners and 72 cyclotrons. In 2010, the Chinese Society of Nuclear Medicine performed a general survey of 30 provinces regarding the status of NCC. First, cardiac imaging procedures com- prise a small portion of all nuclear studies. There are several special characteristics to consider regarding the status of NCC. Radionuclide ventriculography scanning was popular about 20 years ago because of its accuracy in analyzing regional and global left ventricular (LV) function however, its use has decreased significantly in recent years, and it gradually is being replaced by gated SPECT MPI. MPI, the most frequently performed study, remains the foundation of NCC, although gated acquisition is not performed routinely in many hospitals.

Three major cardiac imaging approaches - myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with single-photon emission CT (SPECT), radionuclide ventriculography, and myocardial fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) metabolic imaging - are used in routine clinical practice in more than 200 hospitals in China. This review focuses on the state and development of NCC in recent years. Nevertheless, NCC recently met a big challenge with the development of other noninvasive imaging techniques, including CT angiography (CTA) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). More than 30 years past, NCC has made a great progress with regard to the development of instruments, radiopharmaceuticals, and new techniques. Nuclear cardiology has an important clinical value for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or suspected CVD with regard to diagnosis, risk stratification, strategic decision-making, therapy evaluation, and prognosis. Liu Xiu-jie, the pioneer in this field, contributed his time and energy to the development of NCC and enhancement of international cooperation.

Remodeling Nuclear cardiology in China (NCC) originated in 1980. by gated SPECT, gated PET, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and echocardiography.

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