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Pediatric PET/CT Imaging: Tips and Techniques

Susan McQuattie
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2008, 36 (4) 171-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.108.051995
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    Example patient worksheet to help ensure that all data are recorded correctly and to help eliminate inaccuracies in standardized uptake value calculations.

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    Transaxial projection of head revealing extraocular muscle uptake (arrow).

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    Poor registration due to motion of head between scans.

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    Misregistration artifact seen on attenuation-corrected image (left) but not on non–attenuation-corrected image (right). Artifact is result of patient motion between CT and PET acquisitions.

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    18F-FDG cardiac uptake correlated with stress MIBI imaging.

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    Transaxial views of MRI (top), PET (middle), and fused imaging (bottom) revealing matching defects in left hemisphere, with discrete focus of increased 18F-FDG uptake in occipital horn of left lateral ventricle.

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    Uptake in obstructed kidney, ureter, ovaries, and primary neoplastic lesion (arrow).

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    Image of 2-y-old child who was crying during uptake phase.

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    Asymmetric muscle uptake due to head position during uptake phase.

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    Diffuse bone marrow uptake in patient who was receiving granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.

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    Brown fat uptake in costal vertebral junction and around kidney (solid arrow), clavicle (dotted arrow), abdominal wall, and intercostal region (dashed arrow).

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    • PATIENT PREPARATION
    • COMMUNICATION
    • SEDATION AND PATIENT DISTRACTION TECHNIQUES
    • 18F-FDG ADMINISTRATION AND UPTAKE
    • ACQUISITION
    • 18F-FDG PET CARDIAC IMAGING
    • 18F-FDG PET BRAIN IMAGING
    • NORMAL VARIANTS AND DISTRIBUTION
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