title: Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging of the pediatric chest: current practical imaging assessment.
abstract: In the chest, the indications for nuclear medicine studies are broader and more varied in children than in adults. In children, nuclear medicine studies are used to evaluate congenital and developmental disorders of the chest, as well as diseases more typical of adults. In the chest, pediatric nuclear medicine uses the same radiopharmaceuticals and imaging techniques as used in adults to evaluate cardiac and pulmonary disease, aerodigestive disorders, and pediatric malignancies. The introduction of PET (mostly using (18)F-FDG) has transformed pediatric nuclear oncology, particular for imaging malignancies in the chest.
authors: Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. frederick.grant@childrens.harvard.edu
authors: Frederick D
authors: FD
authors: Grant
authors: S Ted
authors: ST
authors: Treves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18