Pediatric PET Imaging

Pediatric PET Imaging edited by Martin Charron.

This interdisciplinary book is one of the first practical guides to imaging children with PET. Heavily illustrated, the book provides the reader with key information on technical and clinical issues specific to pediatric PET imaging. Special considerations regarding radiation dosage and sedation, pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Charron, Martin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Nuclear medicine.
Radiology.
Pediatrics.
Oncology  .
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Science and Practical Issues
  • The Nuclear Imaging Technologist and the Pediatric Patient
  • Sedation of the Pediatric Patient
  • The Biologic Effects of Low-Level Radiation
  • Dosage of Radiopharmaceuticals and Internal Dosimetry
  • Pediatric PET Research Regulations
  • Issues in the Institutional Review Board Review of PET Scan Protocols
  • Ethics of PET Research in Children
  • Physics and Instrumentation in PET
  • How to Image a Child by PET–Computed Tomography
  • Coincidence Imaging
  • Oncology
  • Brain Tumors
  • Lymphoma
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Wilms’ Tumor
  • Primary Bone Tumors
  • Soft Tissue Sarcomas
  • Other Tumors
  • Neurology and Psychiatry
  • The Developing Brain
  • Neurodevelopmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • Neurotransmitter Imaging
  • Other Applications
  • Cardiovascular Applications
  • Fever of Unknown Origin
  • Infection and Inflammation
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Hyperinsulinism of Infancy: Noninvasive Differential Diagnosis
  • Hyperinsulinism of Infancy: Localization of Focal Forms
  • Multimodal Imaging Using PET and MRI
  • Current Research Efforts
  • Imaging Atlas
  • PET-Computed Tomography Atlas
  • Common Artifacts on PET Imaging.

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