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01-06-2014 | Others
Japanese consensus guidelines for pediatric nuclear medicine
Part 1: Pediatric radiopharmaceutical administered doses (JSNM pediatric dosage card). Part 2: Technical considerations for pediatric nuclear medicine imaging procedures
Authors:
Kiyoshi Koizumi, Hidekazu Masaki, Hiroshi Matsuda, Mayuki Uchiyama, Mitsuo Okuno, Eiji Oguma, Hiroshi Onuma, Kimio Kanegawa, Shinichi Kanaya, Hiroshi Kamiyama, Kensuke Karasawa, Masayuki Kitamura, Tetsuo Kida, Tatsuo Kono, Chisato Kondo, Masayuki Sasaki, Hitoshi Terada, Atsushi Nakanishi, Teisuke Hashimoto, Hiroshi Hataya, Shin-ichiro Hamano, Keishi Hirono, Yukihiko Fujita, Ken Hoshino, Masayuki Yano, Seiichi Watanabe, The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine, Optimization Committee for Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Studies
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Annals of Nuclear Medicine
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Issue 5/2014
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Abstract
The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine has recently published the consensus guidelines for pediatric nuclear medicine. This article is the English version of the guidelines. Part 1 proposes the dose optimization in pediatric nuclear medicine studies. Part 2 comprehensively discusses imaging techniques for the appropriate conduct of pediatric nuclear medicine procedures, considering the characteristics of imaging in children.