Weight-based, low-dose pediatric whole-body PET/CT protocols

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1570-1578

  Alessio, Adam M ^a,b   Kinahan, Paul E ^a   Manchanda, Vivek ^a,b   Ghioni, Victor ^b   Aldape, Lisa ^b   Parisi, Marguerite T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition protocols; Dosimetry; Low dose CT; Pediatric PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW LUTEN SCALE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 70349648502     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.065912     Document Type: Article

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