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oapen-20.500.12657-767782023-10-14T02:48:04Z A Practical Guide for Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Bar-Sever, Zvi Giammarile, Francesco Israel, Ora Nadel, Helen Hybrid imaging Theranostics Management of childhood diseases SPECT/CT PET/CT bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMN Nuclear medicine bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJW Paediatric medicine bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMP Medical imaging::MMPH Radiology bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJC Diseases & disorders::MJCL Oncology bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MN Surgery::MNS Orthopaedics & fractures This open access book will provide a foundation for the understanding of, and knowledge for a successful routine use of diagnostic Nuclear Medicine procedures in children through expertise and cases provided by representative busy pediatric nuclear medicine facilities. The book highlights important aspects of nuclear medicine in children and the differences between adult and pediatric practice where relevant. An introductory chapter provides general information detailing the advantages and limitations for performing nuclear medicine tests in children, as well as suggestions on how to approach and provide relevant data to the patients, their parents or next of kin. In the remaining 11 chapters, containing over 115 cases of children evaluated for various clinical indications, procedures are presented and subsequently detailed according to their clinical significance or prevalence based on the clinical experience of the contributors. The book is organized by organ systems, and also includes chapter on oncology and infection/ inflammation. Chapters are formatted to provide information regarding clinical indications, preparation including radiopharmaceutical doses and additional medications, study protocol, study interpretation, correlative imaging. Each chapter will include red flags warning and take home messages sections to emphasize important points. The case format is presented with patient history and then study report and impression. Based on practices explored by experts at the forefront of this field, the publication is directed at Nuclear Medicine physicians, radiologists, oncologists and clinicians in various pediatric specialties, medical physicists, medical technologists, radiopharmacists, laboratory medicine scientists and researchers. 2023-10-13T15:44:53Z 2023-10-13T15:44:53Z 2023 book ONIX_20231013_9783662676318_53 9783662676318 9783662676301 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76778 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-662-67631-8.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-662-67631-8 Springer Nature Springer Berlin Heidelberg 10.1007/978-3-662-67631-8 10.1007/978-3-662-67631-8 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 fc07f7d1-4c98-4b36-bd33-0bae45965006 9783662676318 9783662676301 Springer Berlin Heidelberg 231 Berlin, Heidelberg [...] International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA open access
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This open access book will provide a foundation for the understanding of, and knowledge for a successful routine use of diagnostic Nuclear Medicine procedures in children through expertise and cases provided by representative busy pediatric nuclear medicine facilities. The book highlights important aspects of nuclear medicine in children and the differences between adult and pediatric practice where relevant. An introductory chapter provides general information detailing the advantages and limitations for performing nuclear medicine tests in children, as well as suggestions on how to approach and provide relevant data to the patients, their parents or next of kin. In the remaining 11 chapters, containing over 115 cases of children evaluated for various clinical indications, procedures are presented and subsequently detailed according to their clinical significance or prevalence based on the clinical experience of the contributors. The book is organized by organ systems, and also includes chapter on oncology and infection/ inflammation. Chapters are formatted to provide information regarding clinical indications, preparation including radiopharmaceutical doses and additional medications, study protocol, study interpretation, correlative imaging. Each chapter will include red flags warning and take home messages sections to emphasize important points. The case format is presented with patient history and then study report and impression. Based on practices explored by experts at the forefront of this field, the publication is directed at Nuclear Medicine physicians, radiologists, oncologists and clinicians in various pediatric specialties, medical physicists, medical technologists, radiopharmacists, laboratory medicine scientists and researchers.
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