Tomographic and Hybrid Imaging in Nuclear Medicine
Fig. 4.1 Example of a report page of a rest/stress myocardial perfusion study using 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT. The report shows the images reoriented according to the cardiac axis (short cardiac axis…
Rules of the Thumb
Fig. 12.1 Properties (resolution and sensitivity) of various medical imaging methods Although noise is a problem in all medical imaging applications, it is prominent in medical imaging using ionizing radiation…
Advances in SPECT Image Reconstruction
9. De Beenhouwer J, Staelens S, Vandeberghe S, Lemahieu I (2008) Acceleration of GATE SPECT simulations. Med Phys 35:1476–1485PubMedCrossRef 10. Bronnikov AV (2000) Reconstruction of attenuation map using discrete consistency…
Diagnostic Imaging in European Eastern Countries: a Russian Experience
Fig. 18.1 Comparison of magnetic resonance and computed and SPECT tomography images Nuclear medicine has become ingrained into the arsenal of diagnostic means of modern pediatric establishments. Its distinctive feature…
Pediatric Nuclear Medicine in Acute Clinical Setting
Fig. 5.1 99mTC-HMPAO brain death scintigraphy in a 16-year-old female with cardiac arrest and clinically brain death. There was no evidence of brain perfusion on perfusion images (a). No cerebral…
Pediatric Sarcomas
Fig. 14.1 Rhabdomyosarcoma. This patient presented with severe back pain, which proved to be secondary to metastatic RMS. Clinical work-up led to an FDG PET/CT (a–i). The MIP image (a)…
Radionuclide Studies with Bone-Seeking Radiopharmaceuticals in Pediatric Benign Bone Diseases
Fig. 8.1 99mTc-MDP scan. (a): Whole-body anterior and posterior views of a 10-year-old male. Left leg correctly positioned shows well-defined tibia and fibula; right leg slightly extra rotated, due to…
Thyroid Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence
Fig. 16.1 A 9-year-old female presented with a mass in L side of the neck. US (a): Mass L side isthmus: microcalcification, increased vascularity, and patchy heterogeneous echogenicity in remainder…
Current Issues in Molecular Radiotherapy in Children
Fig. 3.1 Anterior (left) and posterior (right) planar scintigraphy of a child with papillary thyroid carcinoma performed 72 h after treatment with 3.0 GBq 131I-sodium iodide. Uptake in the left…
Neuroblastoma
Tumour stage Description 1 Localized tumour with complete gross excision, with or without microscopic residual disease; representative ipsilateral lymph nodes negative for tumour microscopically. Nodes attached to and removed with…
