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

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1389-1397

  Borgwardt, Lise ^a   Larsen, Helle Jung ^a   Pedersen, Kate ^a   Højgaard, Liselotte ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Implementation; Method; Paediatrics; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEDATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0141996521     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1263-5     Document Type: Article

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