Improved dose regimen in pediatric PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Accorsi, Roberto ^a,b   Karp, Joel S ^b   Surti, Suleman ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG; ALARA; Dose optimization; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 75749104169     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.066332     Document Type: Article

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