Practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre

TY - JOUR

T1 - Practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre

AU - Borgwardt, Lise

AU - Larsen, Helle Jung

AU - Pedersen, Kate

AU - Højgaard, Liselotte

PY - 2003/10

Y1 - 2003/10

N2 - Children are not just small adults-they differ in their psychology, normal physiology and pathophysiology, and various aspects should be considered when planning a positron emission tomography (PET) scan in a child. PET in children is a growing area, and this article describes the practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre. It is intended to be of use to nuclear medicine departments implementing or starting to implement PET scans in children. Topics covered are: dealing with children, dosimetry, organisation within the department and relations with other departments, preparation of the child (provision of information to the child and parents and the fasting procedure), the imaging procedure (resting, tracer injection, positioning, sedation and bladder emptying) and pitfalls in the interpretation of PET scans in children, including experiences with telemedicine.

AB - Children are not just small adults-they differ in their psychology, normal physiology and pathophysiology, and various aspects should be considered when planning a positron emission tomography (PET) scan in a child. PET in children is a growing area, and this article describes the practical use and implementation of PET in children in a hospital PET centre. It is intended to be of use to nuclear medicine departments implementing or starting to implement PET scans in children. Topics covered are: dealing with children, dosimetry, organisation within the department and relations with other departments, preparation of the child (provision of information to the child and parents and the fasting procedure), the imaging procedure (resting, tracer injection, positioning, sedation and bladder emptying) and pitfalls in the interpretation of PET scans in children, including experiences with telemedicine.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Child

KW - Child Care

KW - Child, Preschool

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Infant

KW - Male

KW - Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital

KW - Patient Care Management

KW - Pediatrics

KW - Practice Patterns, Physicians'

KW - Tomography, Emission-Computed

KW - Journal Article

KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

U2 - 10.1007/s00259-003-1263-5

DO - 10.1007/s00259-003-1263-5

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 12920486

SN - 1619-7070

VL - 30

SP - 1389

EP - 1397

JO - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

JF - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

IS - 10

ER -