Background: Secondary to circulating maternal estrogens, a baby’s ear cartilage is unusually
plastic during the first few weeks of life, providing an opportunity to correct ear deformities …

No consistent guidelines exist for the acquisition of a CT scan as part of pediatric PET/CT.
Given that children may be more vulnerable to the effects of ionizing radiation, it is necessary …

The practice of nuclear medicine in children is well established for imaging practically all
physiologic systems but particularly in the fields of oncology, neurology, urology, and …

Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures play an important role in the diagnosis,
assessment, and treatment of many diseases. These include diseases of the heart, skeleton…

99m Tc-DMSA is one of the most commonly used pediatric nuclear medicine imaging agents.
Nevertheless, there are no pharmacokinetic (PK) models for 99m Tc-DMSA in children, …

Because of the concerns associated with radiation exposure at a young age, there is an
increased interest in pediatric absorbed dose estimates for imaging agents. Almost all reported …

Background Absorbed dose estimates for pediatric patients require pharmacokinetics that
are, to the extent possible, age-specific. Such age-specific pharmacokinetic data are lacking …

PURPOSE: Despite mounting evidence of the oral-systemic link, oral health is often treated
as a separate entity in health care professional education and training. Faculty attitudes and …

The nuclear medicine procedures 99m Tc-ECD SPECT and 18 F-FDG PET play an important
diagnostic role in children with refractory seizures. In select patients, surgical removal of …

Nuclear medicine is a unique and valuable method that contributes to the diagnosis and
assessment of many diseases in children. It is generally accepted that radiation exposures to …