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

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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 99mTc-labelled diphosphonate scintigraphy, and also recommendations with regard to the emerging use of PET with 18F-fluoride.

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  1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Jan Stauss

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Klaus Hahn

  3. Institute of Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

    Mike Mann

  4. Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, Varese, Italy

    Mike Mann & Diego De Palma

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These guidelines summarize the views of the Paediatric Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine and reflect recommendations for which the EANM cannot be held responsible. These recommendations should be taken in the context of “good practice” of nuclear medicine and do not substitute for national and international legal or regulatory provisions. The guidelines have been reviewed by the EANM Dosimetry Committee, the EANM Physics Committee and the EANM Radiopharmacy Committee.

The guidelines have been reviewed by the EANM Dosimetry Committee, the EANM Oncology Committee, the EANM Physics Committee and the EANM Radiopharmacy Committee. The guidelines have been brought to the attention of the National Societies of Nuclear Medicine.

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Stauss, J., Hahn, K., Mann, M. et al. Guidelines for paediatric bone scanning with 99mTc-labelled radiopharmaceuticals and 18F-fluoride. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37, 1621–1628 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1492-3

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