Pediatric PET Imaging - part 1 potx

[...]... injection Table 1. 1 lists key points for successfully injecting the pediatric patient 7 8 Chapter 1 The Nuclear Imaging Technologist and the Pediatric Patient Figure 1. 1 Injection tray is equipped with (1) a three-way stopcock, (2) a 10 cc syringe of normal saline, (3) a butterfly needle, and (4) a shielded radiopharmaceutical dose syringe Table 1. 1 Pediatric injection techniques: key points 1 For babies... access to dedicated PET imaging (One could also foresee similar imaging findings with coincidence imaging and Tc99 –glucose scanning, which may become a viable alter- Preface native to PET imaging in some precise clinical applications.) Finally, there are also expert reviews of multimodality imaging such as PET/ CT and PET/ MR Pediatric PET Imaging addresses typical concerns about imaging children and... Park, NY 11 040, USA Thomas Pfluger, MD Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, LudwigMaximilians-University of Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany Peter C Phillips, MD Professor, Departments of Neurology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Director of Neuro-Oncology Programs, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19 104, USA Fabio Ponzo, MD Assistant Professor, Department... Philadelphia, PA 19 104, USA Hongming Zhuang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Attending Physician, Nuclear Medicine Service, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19 104, USA Section 1 Basic Science and Practical Issues 1 The Nuclear Imaging Technologist and the Pediatric Patient Maria Green For the nuclear imaging technologist, success in obtaining a highquality imaging. .. Surti, and Joel S Karp 9 How to Image a Child by PET Computed Tomography Sue C Kaste and M Beth McCarville 10 Coincidence Imaging Girish Bal, Stefaan Vandenberghe, and Martin Charron Section 2 92 12 1 13 5 Oncology 11 Brain Tumors Michael J Fisher and Peter C Phillips 17 5 12 Lymphoma ... of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19 104, USA Maria Green, RTNM Team Leader, Nuclear Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Canada Klaus Hahn, MD Professor, Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany Olga T Hardy, MD Fellow, Departments of Endocrinology and Diabetes;... serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) labeled with 11 C, which shows increased uptake in carcinoids Another radiopharmaceutical in development for PET is 11 C L-DOPA, which seems to be useful in visualizing endocrine pancreatic tumors such as Hyperinsulinism (Chapter 26) PET is now widely used in children in most health care institutions in North America, Europe, and Asia When an imaging modality... discreetly check with a parent first PET Imaging and the Pediatric Patient Improvements in PET and PET/ computed tomography (CT) technology that have resulted in increased image quality and decreased acquisition time have made PET imaging possible for routine pediatric applications By utilizing the strategies and techniques used for general NM procedures, as previously discussed, PET imaging can be successfully... Lonlay, MD, PhD Département de Métabolisme et Pédiatrie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 75 015 Paris, France Jeffrey S Dome, MD Associate Member, Department of Hematology-Oncology, St Jude Faculty, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 3 810 5, USA Ghassan El-Haddad, MD Chief Fellow, Nuclear Medicine Training Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19 104, USA Josephine... Professor, Department of Radiology, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital Nuclear Medicine, Boston, MA 0 211 4, USA Michael J Fisher, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University Pennsylvania, Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19 104, USA of of Contributors Marianne Glanzman, MD Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University . Imaging Senior Associate Scientist Research Institute The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto M5G 1X8 Canada Library of Congress Control Number: 2005932082 ISBN -1 0 : 0-3 8 7-2 883 6-8 ISBN -1 3 : 97 8-0 38 7-2 883 6-9 Printed. the serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) labeled with 11 C, which shows increased uptake in carcinoids. Another radiopharma- ceutical in development for PET is 11 C L-DOPA, which seems to. alter- xii Preface native to PET imaging in some precise clinical applications.) Finally, there are also expert reviews of multimodality imaging such as PET/ CT and PET/ MR. Pediatric PET Imaging