Pediatric applications of renal nuclear medicine

A Piepsz, HR Ham - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
This review should be regarded as an opinion based on personal experience, clinical and
experimental studies, and many discussions with colleagues. It covers the main radionuclide …

NORA: a simple and reliable parameter for estimating renal output with or without frusemide challenge

A Piepsz, M Tondeur, H Ham - Nuclear medicine communications, 2000 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate a simple parameter describing renal output, namely
NORA (normalized residual activity). We first compared, in a simulated model, different …

Renal toxicity after radionuclide therapy

…, SM Weiner, C Van De Wiele, H Ham… - Radiation …, 2004 - meridian.allenpress.com
Hamphrey Ham; Hamphrey Ham … Weiner, Christophe Van De Wiele, Hamphrey Ham, Rudi
A. Dierckx, Andreas Otte; Renal Toxicity after Radionuclide Therapy. Radiat Res 1 May 2004; …

Revisiting normal 51Cr-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid clearance values in children

A Piepsz, M Tondeur, H Ham - European journal of nuclear medicine and …, 2006 - Springer
Purpose Normal 51 Cr-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) clearance values as a
function of age were published a number of years ago. These values were based on data from …

Optimised tracer-dependent dosage cards to obtain weight-independent effective doses

…, A Piepsz, K Bacher, CV Wiele, H Ham… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was twofold: firstly, to determine whether the European
Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) dosage card results in weight-independent effective …

[PDF][PDF] Estimation of glomerular filtration rate in infants and in children using a single-plasma sample method

HR Ham, A Piepsz - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1991 - Soc Nuclear Med
StudyDesign A retrospective analysis was made on 51Cr-EDTA renal clear ance studies
routinely performed in the last 3 yr. This yielded a total of 657 GFR measurements fulfilling two …

Gastric emptying with gastro-oesophageal reflux.

C Di Lorenzo, A Piepsz, H Ham… - Archives of Disease in …, 1987 - adc.bmj.com
The time taken for gastric emptying of a liquid (milk) or a semi-liquid (pudding) meal was
evaluated in 477 infants and children. These patients were referred for suspected gastro-…

Normalized residual activity: usual values and robustness of the method

…, JD Kuyvenhoven, M Tondeur, H Ham - Journal of Nuclear …, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
The objectives of this study were 2-fold: first, to investigate the robustness of the normalized
residual activity (NORA), a parameter that has recently been proposed for the estimation of …

Can severely impaired cortical transit predict which children with pelvi-ureteric junction stenosis detected antenatally might benefit from pyeloplasty?

…, K Ismaili, M Hall, A Dobbeleir, H Ham - Nuclear medicine …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Methods All renograms performed in children during a 3-year period (n= 729) were retrospectively
reviewed and 19 pediatric patients were selected based on an antenatally detected …

Distribution patterns of 18F-labelled fluoromethylcholine in normal structures and tumors of the head: a PET/MRI evaluation

K Mertens, H Ham, K Deblaere, JPO Kalala… - Clinical nuclear …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To evaluate the distribution of 18 F-labelled fluoromethylcholine (FCho) in normal
structures and tumors of the head region using positron emission tomography (PET) and …