Clinical application of 18F-DOPA PET/TC in pediatric patients.
Year: 2021
Type: review
Abstract: F-DOPA imaging exceeds the downsides linked to this nuclear medicine imaging modality. In fact, few potential limitations could discourage the use of PET/CT imaging. For example, similarly to MRI studies the long acquisition time of a PET/CT scan often requires sedation especially in infants. Moreover, the radiation exposure of a PET/CT scan may be high, but the clinical benefit deriving from nuclear medicine imaging outruns the risk connected to the use of ionizing radiations.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Gabriele Masselli, Emanuele Casciani, Cristina De Angelis, Saadi Sollaku, Gianfranco Gualdi
Institution: Sapienza University of Rome
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3164495786