title: Pediatric applications of pinhole magnification imaging.
abstract: Pinhole magnification imaging is an important technique for practitioners of pediatric nuclear medicine. This article reviews basic principles of pinhole magnification imaging and ways for optimizing image acquisition with this technique. Applications to skeletal scintigraphy, scrotal scintigraphy and renal cortical scintigraphy are discussed and illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Treves
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging