Application of Radiation in Medicine and Agriculture in Japan

Abstract Following the previous study done in 2005, the radiological application in medicine was updated, extending to 2011. The economic scale of the application of radiation in medicine and dentistry in 2011 was 21,495M$, which increased 1.6 times over 2005. This expansion is attributed to the innovative development in technology at the diagnostic imaging and the radiotherapy (RT). The economic scales of these medical practices were 16,907M$ and 1,774M$, respectively increasing 1.4 and 1.8 times over 2005.