Practical considerations in the radionuclide imaging of children

Abstract

Although many types of diagnostic nuclear medicine studies are common to both adult and paediatric practice, certain studies are performed much more commonly for children. These include examinations of the urinary, hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and endocrine systems, together with those utilized in tumour imaging. The radiotracer biodistributions, common clinical indications, recommended imaging protocols and typical effective radiation doses are described for this range of procedures. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.