TY  - BOOK
AU  - 	Maria Carmen Garganese
AU  - Giovanni Francesco Livio D'Errico 
TI  - Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics:  A Clinical Case-Based Atlas 
SN  - 3319431811
U1  - 618.92 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Diagnostic Imaging Dept-Nuclear Med IRCCS Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospi Rome Italy
PB  - Springer
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N2  - This superbly illustrated book combines the systematic approach of a textbook with the simplicity of consultation of an atlas in order to provide a comprehensive guide to the applications and benefits of scintigraphic studies in children. All of the clinical scenarios in which conventional nuclear medicine techniques frequently play a role in children are covered, with explanation of imaging diagnosis, the relevance of clinical history, problem solving, and pitfalls. The images themselves are the key focus of the book, and in each setting the added value offered by scintigraphy is carefully identified. The book also describes management of the pediatric patient and addresses general considerations, including reception, interaction with parents, radiopharmaceutical administration, image acquisition, radiation exposure, and the relationship of nuclear medicine and radiology. Since the child is not a young adult, it is insufficient simply to adapt nuclear medicine procedures performed in adults to the age and size of the child. Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics will be a rich source of information for all who perform these procedures in the pediatric setting; Common terms and phrases:  abdominal activity area devoid assessment atresia Bambino Gesù bilateral biliary biliary atresia bladder bleeding bone scan bone scintigraphy bowel child Children Hospital chronic clinical confirmed cortical defects detected devoid of tracer diagnosis disease distal diuretic DMSA DMSA renal scan dynamic images dynamic renal scan dynamic study ectopic endoscopic esophageal evaluation evident evidentin excretion femur focal follow-up gastroesophageal reflux Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease gland homogeneous hydronephrosis Imaging Department intestinal intraparenchymal distribution Italy kidney shows left kidney lesion liver M.C. Garganese Meckel’s diverticulum megaureter metastases MIBG scintigraphy multiple Neuroblastoma nonhomogeneous normal Nuclear Medicine osteomyelitis parathyroid parenchymal patient pattern pediatric performed phase Pizzoferro pulmonary aspiration radiation radionuclide radiotracer uptake reflux episodes renal function renal pelvis renogram right kidney Rome scan shows scintigraphy stasis static surgery surgical T/A curves therapy thyroid tion tissue tracer uptake treatment tumor ultrasonography ultrasound upper uptake of radiotracer ureter urinary tract vesicoureteral reflux voiding whole-body scan
ER  -