Guidelines for paediatric bone scanning with 99mTc-labelled radiopharmaceuticals and 18F-fluoride

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Aug;37(8):1621-8. doi: 10.1007/s00259-010-1492-3.

Abstract

The purpose of these guidelines is to offer nuclear medicine teams a framework that could prove helpful in daily practice. The guidelines include information related to the indications, acquisition, processing and interpretation of bone scans in children, focusing primarily on (99m)Tc-labelled diphosphonate scintigraphy, and also recommendations with regard to the emerging use of PET with (18)F-fluoride.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Fluorides* / administration & dosage
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Injections
  • Nuclear Medicine / methods*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds* / administration & dosage
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Quality Control
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiopharmaceuticals* / administration & dosage
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorides