The new EANM paediatric dosage card.
BACKGROUND
In a recent publication, Jacobs et al. proposed the use of three tracer-dependent dosage cards for paediatric nuclear medicine.


METHODS
Based upon this work, the EANM dosimetry and paediatrics committees introduce a condensed and revised version of this dosage card for major nuclear medicine paediatric diagnostic procedures, replacing the previous card by Piepsz et al. and including a set of minimum activities.


RESULTS
The activities to be administered result in weight-independent effective doses to the children. In addition, the introduction of minimum activities guarantees a minimum standard of image quality throughout Europe and avoids a variety of administered activities in children of the same weight in different countries, which was the case when using the previous EANM dosage card.
Lassmann
M
M
Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin der Universität Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany. lassmann@nuklearmedizin.uni-wuerzburg.de.
Biassoni
L
L
Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
Monsieurs
M
M
Health and Safety Department, Health Physics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Franzius
C
C
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Jacobs
F
F
Department of Radiotherapy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
D001822:Body Burden; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000592:standards*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*
D011868:Radioisotopes