Main description:

This pioneering book, now in its fourth edition, presents the cutting-edge developments in pediatric nuclear medicine. Thoroughly revised and updated, it retains the fundamentals that anchor the book's distinguished reputation and includes the latest advances in PET/CT, SPECT, hybrid imaging, and molecular imaging. Pediatric Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Fourth Edition, is an excellent resource for nuclear medicine physicians, diagnostic radiologists, pediatricians, and residents and fellows.

The Fourth Edition features:

* 16 new chapters, including PET and PET/CT in Children and Young Adults; Lymphoscintigraphy; Skeletal Scintigraphy; Neuroblastoma; Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Functional Imaging of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Tumors; Solid Tumors in Childhood; Pediatric Molecular Imaging; Combined PET/MRI in Childhood; Radiation Exposures; Radiation Protection in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine; and Dose Optimization in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine.

* Discussion of the use of image fusion and hybrid imaging in children.

* Strategies for communicating potential radiation risk to patients, families and members of the healthcare team.

* Methods to optimize pediatric radiopharmaceutical administered doses and improve image quality.

S. Ted Treves, MD, is Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Founder and Former Chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Ch

ildren's Hospital Boston (1970-2011). In 2013, he received the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Nuclear Medicine.

Contents:

1. General Aspects of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

S. T. Treves

2. Sedation and General Anesthesia

Randy P. Prescilla and Keira P. Mason

3. PET and PET/CT in Children and Young Adults

Frederick D. Grant

4. Central Nervous System: The Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid

Part 1: The Brain

S. T. Treves, Harry T. Chugani, and Blaise F. D. Bourgeois

Part 2: Cerebrospinal Fluid

S. T. Treves and Alvin Kuruc

5. Thyroid

Frederick D. Grant and S. T. Treves

6. Lung Imaging

Frederick D. Grant and S. T. Treves

7. Cardiovascular System

S. T. Treves and Heinrich Schelbert

8. Lymphoscintigraphy

Frederick D. Grant, Reid A. Maclellan, and Arin K. Greene

9. Gastroesophageal Reflux, Gastric Emptying, Esophageal Transit, and Pulmonary Aspiration

Zvi Bar-Sever

10. Liver and Spleen

S. T. Treves and A. G. Jones

11. Gastrointestinal Bleeding

S. T. Treves, Richard J. Grand, and Michael Manfredi

12. Kidneys

S. T. Treves

13. Vesicoureteral Reflux and Radionuclide Cystography

S. T. Treves and Ulrich V. Willi

14. Radionuclide Determination of Glomerular Filtration Rate

Frederick D. Grant, Frederic H. Fahey, and S. T. Treves

15. Skeletal Scintigraphy: General Considerations

S. T. Treves

16. Sports Injuries

Katherine A. Zukotynski

17. Child Abuse

Laura Drubach

18. The Role of Skeletal

Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis and Management of Mandibular Growth Abnormalities and Asymmetry

Zachary S. Peacock, Matthew E. Lawler, and Leonard B. Kaban

19. Neuroblastoma: Functional Imaging

Susan E. Sharp, Michael J. Gelfand, and Barry L. Shulkin

20. Imaging Parathyroid and Neuroendocrine Tumors

Frederick D. Grant

21. Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders

Frederick D. Grant

22. Functional Imaging of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Tumors

Frederick D. Grant and S. T. Treves

23. Solid Tumors in Childhood

Robert Howman-Giles, Kevin London, and Roger F. Uren

24. Infection and Inflammation

Christopher J. Palestro

25. Pediatric Molecular Imaging

Heike Elisabeth Daldrup-Link and Sanjiv Sam Gambhir

26. Combined PET/MRI in Childhood

Thomas Pfluger and Wolfgang Peter Mueller

27. Physical Aspects of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Frederic Fahey, Ruth Lim, and Georges El-Fakhri

28. Radiation Exposures

Michael Stabin

29. Radiation Protection in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

Frederic Fahey and William A. Lorenzen

30. Radiation Risk

S. James Adelstein

31. Dose Optimization in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

S. T. Treves and Fred Fahey