Guidelines for Paediatric Bone Scanning with 99mTc-labelled Radiopharmaceuticals and 18F-fluoride

Overview

Journal Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

Specialties Biophysics
Nuclear Medicine
Radiology

Date 2010 Jun 15

PMID 20544194

Citations 8

Authors

Jan Stauss

Klaus Hahn

Mike Mann

Diego De Palma

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Abstract

The purpose of these guidelines is to offer nuclear medicine teams a framework that could prove helpful in daily practice. The guidelines include information related to the indications, acquisition, processing and interpretation of bone scans in children, focusing primarily on (99m)Tc-labelled diphosphonate scintigraphy, and also recommendations with regard to the emerging use of PET with (18)F-fluoride.

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