Abstract
Introduction
In a recent publication, Jacobs et al. proposed the use of three tracer-dependent dosage cards for paediatric nuclear medicine.
Materials and methods
Based upon this work, the EANM dosimetry and paediatrics committees introduce a condensed and revised version of this dosage card for major nuclear medicine paediatric diagnostic procedures, replacing the previous card by Piepsz et al. and including a set of minimum activities.
Results
The activities to be administered result in weight-independent effective doses to the children. In addition, the introduction of minimum activities guarantees a minimum standard of image quality throughout Europe and avoids a variety of administered activities in children of the same weight in different countries, which was the case when using the previous EANM dosage card.
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for the EANM Dosimetry (M Lassmann, M. Monsieurs) and Paediatrics (L. Biassoni, C. Franzius) Committees
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Lassmann, M., Biassoni, L., Monsieurs, M. et al. The new EANM paediatric dosage card. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34, 796–798 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-007-0370-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-007-0370-0