Practical Indication-Based Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Studies: Update and Review

Neha S Kwatra; Asha Sarma; Edward Y Lee

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2017.02.014

Practical Indication-Based Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Studies: Update and Review

Radiol Clin North Am. 2017 Jul;55(4):803-844. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2017.02.014. Epub 2017 Apr 22.

Authors

Neha S Kwatra¹, Asha Sarma², Edward Y Lee²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: Neha.Kwatra@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 28601181
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2017.02.014

Abstract

Pediatric nuclear medicine imaging presents unique challenges and requires a thorough understanding of the patients' developmental stages and physiology to optimize study protocols. This article provides an overview of the current practice of diagnostic pediatric nuclear medicine, including the common clinical applications and imaging protocol considerations.

Keywords: Clinical applications; Pediatrics; Radiopharmaceuticals; Scintigraphy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Nuclear Medicine / methods*
Pediatrics / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals