Clinical Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mansi, Luigi (Editor), Lopci, Egesta (Editor), Cuccurullo, Vincenzo (Editor), Chiti, Arturo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nuclear medicine.; Oncology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.

This book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of pediatric nuclear medicine, encompassing both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Detailed attention is paid to the role of FDG PET-CT within oncology, but a variety of other long-established or less frequently used diagnostic proced...

Table of Contents:

• The global effort towards harmonization of pediatrics imaging
• Peculiar aspects and problems of Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics
• PET/MRI in children
• Current issues in molecular radiotherapy in children
• Radiation risk from medical exposure in children
• Emergency/urgency
• CNS (non-oncologic)
• Lung
• Endocrinology
• Cardiology
• Musculoskeletal
• Gastrointestinal
• Nephro-Urinary system
• Oncology
• Children Care in 2020: issues and perspectives.