title: Nuclear Medicine Procedures in Children: Special Considerations.
abstract: Nuclear medicine imaging in children is best accomplished when a child-friendly environment is provided for patients and parents. An approach that minimizes patient anxiety and fear is described. International guidelines for administered activity should be used to minimize absorbed radiation doses from radiopharmaceuticals. CT exposure parameters may be reduced to pediatric best practice for diagnostic CT and further reduced when CT images are needed only for localization purposes.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nuclear Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Electronic address: michael.gelfand@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gelfand
authors.affiliation: Section of Nuclear Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
authors.forename: Crysta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.affiliation: Section of Nuclear Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: MacLean
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals