PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Frederic H. Fahey
AU  - Henry Hee-Seong Bom
AU  - Arturo Chiti
AU  - Yun Young Choi
AU  - Gang Huang
AU  - Michael Lassmann
AU  - Norman Laurin
AU  - Fernando Mut
AU  - Rodolfo Nuñez-Miller
AU  - Darin O’Keeffe
AU  - Prasanta Pradhan
AU  - Andrew M. Scott
AU  - Shaoli Song
AU  - Nischal Soni
AU  - Mayuki Uchiyama
AU  - Luis Vargas
TI  - Standardization of Administered Activities in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine: A Report of the First Nuclear Medicine Global Initiative Project, Part 1—Statement of the Issue and a Review of Available Resources
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.114.152249
DP  - 2015 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 646--651
VI  - 56
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/4/646.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/4/646.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2015 Apr 01; 56
AB  - The Nuclear Medicine Global Initiative (NMGI) was formed in 2012 and consists of 13 international organizations with direct involvement in nuclear medicine. The underlying objectives of the NMGI were to promote human health by advancing the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, encourage global collaboration in education, and harmonize procedure guidelines and other policies that ultimately lead to improvements in quality and safety in the field throughout the world. For its first project, the NMGI decided to consider the issues involved in the standardization of administered activities in pediatric nuclear medicine. This article presents part 1 of the final report of this initial project of the NMGI. It provides a review of the value of pediatric nuclear medicine, the current understanding of the carcinogenic risk of radiation as it pertains to the administration of radiopharmaceuticals in children, and the application of dosimetric models in children. A listing of pertinent educational and reference resources available in print and online is also provided. The forthcoming part 2 report will discuss current standards for administered activities in children and adolescents that have been developed by various organizations and an evaluation of the current practice of pediatric nuclear medicine specifically with regard to administered activities as determined by an international survey of nuclear medicine clinics and centers. Lastly, the part 2 report will recommend a path forward toward global standardization of the administration of radiopharmaceuticals in children.