Minimizing and communicating radiation risk in pediatric nuclear medicine

FH Fahey, ST Treves, SJ Adelstein - Journal of Nuclear Medicine …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
The value of pediatric nuclear medicine is well established. Pediatric patients are referred to
nuclear medicine from nearly all pediatric specialties including urology, oncology …

[HTML][HTML] Dosage optimization in positron emission tomography: state-of-the-art methods and future prospects

NA Karakatsanis, E Fokou… - American journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Positron emission tomography (PET) is widely used nowadays for tumor staging and therapy
response in the clinic. However, average PET radiation exposure has increased due to …

Image quality and lesion detectability in low-dose pediatric 18F-FDG scans using total-body PET/CT

YM Zhao, YH Li, T Chen, WG Zhang, LH Wang… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the effects of dose reduction on image quality and lesion
detectability of oncological 18 F-FDG total-body PET/CT in pediatric oncological patients …

Paediatric radiopharmaceutical administration: harmonization of the 2007 EANM paediatric dosage card (version 1.5. 2008) and the 2010 North American consensus …

M Lassmann, ST Treves… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
In 2008 the EANM published their paediatric dosage card. In 2011 the North American
consensus guidelines recommended a set of administered activities for paediatric nuclear …

Pediatric radiopharmaceutical administered doses: 2010 North American consensus guidelines

MJ Gelfand, MT Parisi, ST Treves - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Dose reduction has been a work in progress in pediatric imaging for nearly a decade. A
1996 report indicated that the long-term risk of carcinogenesis due to ionizing radiation in …

Evaluation of pediatric malignancies using total-body PET/CT with half-dose [18F]-FDG

W Chen, L Liu, Y Li, S Li, Z Li, W Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To explore the impact of a true half dose of [18F]-FDG on image quality in pediatric
oncological patients undergoing total-body PET/CT and investigate short acquisition times …

[HTML][HTML] Optimized dose regimen for whole-body FDG-PET imaging

EH de Groot, N Post, R Boellaard, NRL Wagenaar… - EJNMMI research, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The European Association of Nuclear Medicine procedure guidelines
for whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET) scanning …

Optimization of pediatric PET/CT

MT Parisi, MS Bermo, AM Alessio, SE Sharp… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
PET/CT, the most common form of hybrid imaging, has transformed oncologic imaging and
is increasingly being used for nononcologic applications as well. Performing PET/CT in …

Investigating low-dose image quality in whole-body pediatric 18F-FDG scans using time-of-flight PET/MRI

JP Schmall, S Surti, HJ Otero, S Servaes… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
In this study, we investigated the diagnostic performance of whole-body 18F-FDG imaging
using a PET/MRI scanner with time-of-flight capability for low-dose clinical imaging of …

Pediatric radiopharmaceutical administration: harmonization of the 2007 EANM paediatric dosage card (Version 1.5. 2008) and the 2010 North American consensus …

M Lassmann, ST Treves - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and …, 2014 - Springer
Dear Sir, We write in reply to Dr. Metrard's letter to the editor [1]. We appreciate his interest in
the common EANM and SNNMI harmonization document which has been approved recently …