title: Guidelines for paediatric bone scanning with 99mTc-labelled radiopharmaceuticals and 18F-fluoride.
abstract: The purpose of these guidelines is to offer nuclear medicine teams a framework that could prove helpful in daily practice. The guidelines include information related to the indications, acquisition, processing and interpretation of bone scans in children, focusing primarily on (99m)Tc-labelled diphosphonate scintigraphy, and also recommendations with regard to the emerging use of PET with (18)F-fluoride.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stauss
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Palma
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007267:Injections; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D005459:Fluorides