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Guidelines for direct radionuclide cystography in children

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These guidelines, which summarise the views of the Paediatric Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, provide a framework which may prove helpful to nuclear medicine teams in daily practice. They contain information on the indications, acquisition, processing and interpretation of direct radioisotope cystography in children. The guidelines should be taken in the context of "good practice" and any local/national rules which apply to nuclear medicine examinations.

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  1. Department for Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Jure Fettich

  2. Instituto Português de Oncologia, Lisboa, Portugal

    Paula Colarinha

  3. Department for Nuclear Medicine, University of Munich, Germany

    Sibylle Fischer & Ute Porn

  4. Aarhus University Hospital–Skejby, Denmark

    Jörgen Frökier

  5. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Isky Gordon

  6. Cerraphasa Tip Fakultesi, Nukleer Tip Ana Bilim Dali, Aksaray, Turkey

    Levent Kabasakal

  7. Institute of Child Health, Rondebosh, Red Cross Hospital, Capetown, South Africa

    Mike Mann

  8. Hospital Universitário de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

    Mercedes Mitjavila

  9. CHU Nancy, France

    Pierre Olivier

  10. CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

    Amy Piepsz

  11. Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

    Isabel Roca

  12. The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

    Rune Sixt

  13. Liaison person, ARPES

    Jeannette van Velzen

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Fettich, J., Colarinha, P., Fischer, S. et al. Guidelines for direct radionuclide cystography in children. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30, B39–B44 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1137-x

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