I will assume that we want to talk about optimizing energy in a given medical environment.
As an example, I will talk of something like a LINAC or a PET system.
Why is it important to optimize energy? Let's see 3 main things.
1) Cost: Optimizing energy will mean that for a given therapy the amount of consumed energy is minimized. Thus, the costs of the therapy are smaller, which also should imply that the price of that given therapy is smaller, so it should be more accessible for everyone.
2) Maintenance: As you may know, a sign of bad efficiency is that a part of the energy used is transformed into heat (because of this usually there must be a cooling system to allow these machines to work). Also the increase in heat causes a larger resistivity, so the temperature must be controlled, and in the long run, these increases of temperature can affect the machine.
Then avoiding all of these things with a good optimization should increase the lifespan of these machines.
3) Contamination: Reducing contamination by reducing the amount of energy used is really important. Also as the lifespan of the machines (and their parts) increases, the amount of things that one throws is smaller, so the contamination will be reduced.
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