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Title: Standardization of administered activities in pediatric nuclear medicine: a report of the first nuclear medicine global initiative project, part 1-statement of the issue and a review of available resources.
Austin Authors: Fahey, Frederic H;Bom, Henry Hee-Seong;Chiti, Arturo;Choi, Yun Young;Huang, Gang;Lassmann, Michael;Laurin, Norman;Mut, Fernando;Nuñez-Miller, Rodolfo;O'Keeffe, Darin;Pradhan, Prasanta;Scott, Andrew M ;Song, Shaoli;Soni, Nischal;Uchiyama, Mayuki;Vargas, Luis
Affiliation: Austin Hospital and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Australia
Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire Régional de Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Frederic.Fahey@childrens.harvard.edu.
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun Jeonnam, South Korea.
Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Spanish Association Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay.
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, DurbanKwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Department of Radiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato, Tokyo, Japan; and.
Xalapa Medical Center, Xalapa, Mexico.
Issue Date: 12-Mar-2015
Publication information: Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2015; 56(4): 646-51
Abstract: The Nuclear Medicine Global Initiative (NMGI) was formed in 2012 and consists of 13 international organizations with direct involvement in nuclear medicine. The underlying objectives of the NMGI were to promote human health by advancing the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, encourage global collaboration in education, and harmonize procedure guidelines and other policies that ultimately lead to improvements in quality and safety in the field throughout the world. For its first project, the NMGI decided to consider the issues involved in the standardization of administered activities in pediatric nuclear medicine. This article presents part 1 of the final report of this initial project of the NMGI. It provides a review of the value of pediatric nuclear medicine, the current understanding of the carcinogenic risk of radiation as it pertains to the administration of radiopharmaceuticals in children, and the application of dosimetric models in children. A listing of pertinent educational and reference resources available in print and online is also provided. The forthcoming part 2 report will discuss current standards for administered activities in children and adolescents that have been developed by various organizations and an evaluation of the current practice of pediatric nuclear medicine specifically with regard to administered activities as determined by an international survey of nuclear medicine clinics and centers. Lastly, the part 2 report will recommend a path forward toward global standardization of the administration of radiopharmaceuticals in children.
Gov't Doc #: 25766899
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/12681
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.152249
Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25766899
Type: Journal Article
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