TSNM, Procedure Guidelines for Oncologic F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging in Children

Bilge Volkan Salancı; Tamer Aksoy; Funda Aydın; Gonca Kara Gedik; Nedim Gülaldı; Emel Ceylan Günay; Pelin Özcan Kara; Pınar Özgen Kıratlı

doi:10.4274/nts.2015.013

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VOLUME: 1 ISSUE: 1

P: 75 - 79

March 2015

TSNM, Procedure Guidelines for Oncologic F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging in Children

Nucl Med Semin 2015;1(1):75-79

DOI: 10.4274/nts.2015.013

Bilge Volkan Salancı ¹

Pınar Özgen Kıratlı ¹

1. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Nükleer Tip Anabilim Dali, Ankara, Türkiye

2. Acibadem Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Nükleer Tip Anabilim Dali, Istanbul, Türkiye

3. Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Nükleer Tip Anabilim Dali, Antalya, Türkiye

4. Selçuk Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Nükleer Tip Anabilim Dali, Konya, Türkiye

5. Dr. Sami Ulus Kadin Dogum Ve Çocuk Sagligi Ve Hastaliklari Egitim Arastirma Hastanesi, Nükleer Tip Ünitesi, Ankara, Türkiye

6. Bilim Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Nükleer Tip Anabilim Dali, Istanbul, Türkiye

7. Mersin Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Nükleer Tip Anabilim Dali, Mersin, Türkiye

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this procedure guideline is to provide information to nuclear medicine specialists in their daily practice about F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) acquisitions in pediatric population. This guideline contains information, which is supported by the current literature and technology, about the indications, acquisition parameters, processing, and interpretation of FDG PET/CT in pediatric oncology.

Keywords:

Pediatrics, oncology, F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, PET/CT