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Practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre

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Children are not just small adults—they differ in their psychology, normal physiology and pathophysiology, and various aspects should be considered when planning a positron emission tomography (PET) scan in a child. PET in children is a growing area, and this article describes the practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre. It is intended to be of use to nuclear medicine departments implementing or starting to implement PET scans in children. Topics covered are: dealing with children, dosimetry, organisation within the department and relations with other departments, preparation of the child (provision of information to the child and parents and the fasting procedure), the imaging procedure (resting, tracer injection, positioning, sedation and bladder emptying) and pitfalls in the interpretation of PET scans in children, including experiences with telemedicine.

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This work was supported financially by an FREJA research grant, the Danish National Research Council and the John and Birthe Meyer Foundation.

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  1. Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Lise Borgwardt, Helle Jung Larsen, Kate Pedersen & Liselotte Højgaard

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Borgwardt, L., Larsen, H.J., Pedersen, K. et al. Practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30, 1389–1397 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1263-5

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