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Whole-body PET/MRI of Pediatric Patients: The Details That Matter
Published on: December 19, 2017
Imaging infection and inflammation in children with (18)F-FDG PET and (18)F-FDG PET/CT
1Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. servaes@email.chop.edu
Abstract:
The goal of this article is to delineate indications for (18)F-FDG PET/CT pertaining to inflammation in the pediatric population, with emphasis on those that have been described in the literature. The limitations of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in this type of evaluation are also described, and the importance of using as low a dose as feasible is discussed. After reading this article, the reader should be able to list several clinical situations in which (18)F-FDG PET/CT may be appropriate, describe some limitations of (18)F-FDG PET/CT, and explain why dose is particularly important in the pediatric population.
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