The energy consumption of radiology. Energy- and cost-saving opportunities for CT and MRI operation
Autor:innen
Heye, Tobias
Knoerl, Roland
Wehrle, Thomas
Mangold, Daniel
Cerminara, Alessandro
Loser, Michael
Plumeyer, Martin
Merkle, Elmar
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
24.03.2020
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Radiology
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
295
Ausgabe / Nummer
3
Seiten / Dauer
593-605
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Radiological Society of North America
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Oak Brook
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
Praxispartner:in/Auftraggeber:in
Zusammenfassung
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). Energy measurements, the scanners’ log files, and the radiology information system from the entire year 2015 were analyzed and segmented into scan modes, as follows: net scan (actual imaging), active (room time), idle, and system-on and system-off states (no standby mode was available). Per-examination and peak energy consumption were calculated.
Results
The aggregated energy consumption imaging 40 276 patients amounted to 614 825 kWh, dedicated cooling systems to 492 624 kWh, representing 44.5% of the combined consumption of 1 107 450 kWh (at a cost of U.S. $199 341). This is equivalent to the usage in a town of 852 people and constituted 4.0% of the total yearly energy consumption at the authors' hospital. Mean consumption per CT examination over 1 year was 1.2 kWh, with a mean energy cost (±standard deviation) of $0.22 ± 0.13. The total energy consumption of one CT scanner for 1 year was 26 226 kWh ($4721 in energy cost). The net consumption per CT examination over 1 year was 3580 kWh, which is comparable to the usage of a two-person household in Switzerland; however, idle state consumption was fourfold that of net consumption (14 289 kWh). Mean MRI consumption over 1 year was 19.9 kWh per examination, with a mean energy cost of $3.57 ± 0.96. The mean consumption for a year in the system-on state was 82 174 kWh per MRI examination and 134 037 kWh for total consumption, for an energy cost of $24 127.
Conclusion
CT and MRI energy consumption is substantial. Considerable energy- and cost-saving potential is present during nonproductive idle and system-off modes, and this realization could decrease total cost of ownership while increasing energy efficiency.
Schlagwörter
MRI, CT, Radiology
Fachgebiet (DDC)
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
0033-8419
1527-1315
1527-1315
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Green
Lizenz
Zitation
HEYE, Tobias, Roland KNOERL, Thomas WEHRLE, Daniel MANGOLD, Alessandro CERMINARA, Michael LOSER, Martin PLUMEYER, Elmar MERKLE, Markus DEGEN, Rahel LÜTHY und Dominique BRODBECK, 2020. The energy consumption of radiology. Energy- and cost-saving opportunities for CT and MRI operation. Radiology. 24 März 2020. Bd. 295, Nr. 3, S. 593–605. DOI 10.1148/radiol.2020192084. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4163