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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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01-12-2016 | Editorial

Standardization of administered activities in paediatric nuclear medicine: the EANM perspective

Authors: Michael Lassmann, Uta Eberlein, Egesta Lopci, Arturo Chiti

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 13/2016

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In the summer of 2012, the Nuclear Medicine Global Initiative (NMGI) was formed with the intention of promoting and maintaining worldwide standards in the practice and science of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging by encouraging global collaboration in education and by harmonizing procedure guidelines and other policies. The endeavour involved the participation of 13 international organizations with direct involvement in nuclear medicine (Table 1). One of the first projects the NMGI decided to pursue was the standardization of administered activities in paediatric nuclear medicine. As a result, a series of two reports (part 1 and part 2) appeared in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine [1, 2].

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Institutions participating in the Nuclear Medicine Global Initiative

Institution
Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine
Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine
Chinese Society of Nuclear Medicine
European Association of Nuclear Medicine
International Atomic Energy Agency
Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine
Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine
Latin American Association of Societies of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Society of Nuclear Medicine India
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
South African Society of Nuclear Medicine
World Federation on Nuclear Medicine and Biology

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Title: Standardization of administered activities in paediatric nuclear medicine: the EANM perspective
Authors: Michael Lassmann
Uta Eberlein
Egesta Lopci
Arturo Chiti
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 13/2016
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-016-3474-6

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