Megaureter
Fig. 5.1 MAG3 dynamic renal scan: dynamic images (a) show good and homogeneous radiotracer uptake and normal drainage in both kidneys, with mild and transient radioactivity in both ureters; renograms…
Nephrourology: Nephrological Problems
Fig. 7.1 In the DMSA renal scan, posterior view, are displayed three patients with normal left kidney and ultrasonographic finding of small right kidney: (a) right kidney is smaller than…
Nephrourology: Focus On Child with Bladder Dysfunctions and Urodynamics
Diagnostic tools Overactive bladder Dysfunctional voiding Medical history Urgency Holding maneuvers to contrast urgency ± Increased void frequencya ± Urge incontinence ± Urinary tract infection ± Constipation Holding maneuvers to…
Endocrinology: Congenital Hypothyroidism
Fig. 24.1 In these figures three thyroid scans showing normal bilobed gland in proper side with moderately low (a), normal (b), and high (c) tracer uptake are displayed, respectively. Qualitative…
Management of the Pediatric Patient: A Teamwork
Fig. 1.1 Special attitudes and skills for pediatric patient management Working with pediatric population requires adequate awareness: in order to obtain appropriate acquisition standards, the team approach must be shaped…
Radiation Risk
where à is the time-integrated or cumulated activity, equal to the total number of nuclear transformations in S, and is the absorbed dose in T per unit of cumulated activity…
Endocrinology
Defect Thyroid ultrasound Thyroid scintigraphy Serum thyroglobulin concentration Thyroid dysgenesis Apparent athyreosis No thyroid tissue seen No uptake Detectable (>2 mcg/L) True athyreosis No thyroid tissue seen No uptake Undetectable…
Gastroenterology: Focus on Children with Liver Problems
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Maria Carmen Garganese and Giovanni Francesco Livio D’Errico (eds.)Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics10.1007/978-3-319-43181-9_18 18. Gastroenterology: Focus on Children with Liver Problems Giuliano Torre1 (1) Pediatric Hepatology Gastroenterology Nuriition Unit, “Bambino Gesù”…
Gastroenterology: Focus on Children with Gastrointestinal Problems
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Maria Carmen Garganese and Giovanni Francesco Livio D’Errico (eds.)Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics10.1007/978-3-319-43181-9_14 14. Gastroenterology: Focus on Children with Gastrointestinal Problems Luigi Dall’Oglio1 and Renato Tambucci1 (1) Unit of Endoscopic Surgery, “Bambino…
Oncology
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Maria Carmen Garganese and Giovanni Francesco Livio D’Errico (eds.)Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics10.1007/978-3-319-43181-9_11 11. Oncology Luciana Vinti1, Angela Mastronuzzi1 , Giuseppe Maria Milano1, Evelina Miele1, Raffaele Cozza1 and Franco Locatelli1 (1) Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department, “Bambino Gesù”…
