RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Imaging Infection and Inflammation in Children with <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 179
OP 182
DO 10.2967/jnmt.111.088385
VO 39
IS 3
A1 Servaes, Sabah
YR 2011
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/39/3/179.abstract
AB The goal of this article is to delineate indications for 18F-FDG PET/CT pertaining to inflammation in the pediatric population, with emphasis on those that have been described in the literature. The limitations of 18F-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 18F-FDG PET/CT may be appropriate, describe some limitations of 18F-FDG PET/CT, and explain why dose is particularly important in the pediatric population.