The only other obstacle to the wider use of PET-CT is the difficulty and cost of producing and transporting the radiopharmaceuticals used for PET imaging, which are usually extremely short-lived (for instance, the half life of radioactive Fluorine-18 (18F) used to trace glucose metabolism (using fluorodeoxyglucose, FDG) is two hours only.
Nuclear Radiologist: Average Salary: $180,000. Nuclear radiology is a radiology field that uses radioactive material in imaging, diagnosis and treatment. PET scans, CT scans and gamma imaging are the most commonly used equipment in this field.
The average expected salary for a radiologist based in United Kingdom is about Â£98,407 per annum. According to all salary survey, the median salary for a radiologist is about Â£75,000 per annum. An average hourly wage for a radiologist is about Â£20.7.The radiologistâs salary varies based on his or her age as the one in 20s earns up to Â£76,056, in 30s earns about Â£110,579, in 40s and 50s earns about Â£120,033 per annum.imilarly, about 25th percentile of radiologists received $180,813, 15th percentile of them received $157,966 while top 10th percentile received $269,526 per year. Average radiologist salary in most of states of USA remains above 200k USD.