Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Bone

   • S. T. Treves, John A. Kirkpatrick

   Pages 1-48

3. Skeletal Scintigraphy for Assessment of Mandibular Growth and Asymmetry

   • Leonard B. Kaban, S. T. Treves

   Pages 49-58

4. Bone Marrow

   • S. T. Treves

   Pages 59-62

5. Kidneys

   • S. T. Treves, Robert L. Lebowitz, Alvin Kuruc, Sydney Heyman, Paul Rosen

   Pages 63-103

6. Radionuclide Voiding Cystography

   • U. V. Willi, S. T. Treves

   Pages 105-120

7. Scrotal Scintigraphy

   • George Taylor, S. T. Treves

   Pages 121-128

8. Liver

   • S. T. Treves, John A. Markisz

   Pages 129-140

9. Spleen

   • S. T. Treves

   Pages 141-156

10. Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy

    • S. T. Treves, Alun Jones

    Pages 157-170

11. Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastric Emptying

    • Paul Rosen, S. T. Treves

    Pages 171-177

12. Meckel’s Diverticulum

    • S. T. Treves, Richard Grand

    Pages 179-189

13. Thyroid

    • S. T. Treves, Reed Larsen, Roger Pezzuti

    Pages 191-204

14. Brain

    • S. T. Treves, Roy L. Strand, Robert K. Crone, Annalise Lipp

    Pages 205-222

15. Cerebrospinal Fluid

    • S. T. Treves, Keasley Welch, Alvin Kuruc

    Pages 223-231

16. Dacryoscintigraphy

    • Sydney Heyman, James A. Katowitz

    Pages 233-243

17. Heart

    • S. T. Treves, Roger Hurwitz, Alvin Kuruc, H. W. Strauss

    Pages 245-287

18. Lung

    • S. T. Treves, G. B. C. Harris

    Pages 289-330

19. Back Matter

    Pages 331-338

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This book comes at a good time. The differentiation of pediatric nuclear medicine from the general practice of nuclear medicine has developed over the past 15 years and is now a reality. Dr. Treves has been one of a small band of pediatric specialists who have made this happen. He recounts the reasons for this in his introduction-the development of technetium-99m­ labeled radiopharmaceuticals making possible the use of these procedures in nonmalignant diseases, the appreciation that infants and children require special techniques and adapted technology, the availability of computer methods for handling the dynamic data of pediatric cardiology and urology, and the difference in the spectrum of disease seen in the pediatric versus the adult nuclear medicine clinic. The book is a compendium of a single-person's experience, rather than the amalgam generally found in a multiauthored work. In a sense this is atavistic, but it provides the old-fashioned comfort of a coherent and per­ sonal approach. Its success is due largely to Dr. Treves' broad experience and his special talent for describing each test in relation to this experience. It is probably aided by the relatively recent emergence of pediatric nuclear medicine as a special activity and follows in the footsteps of other volumes on the pediatric subspecialties that have taken off from general adult prac­ tice in the past.

• Medicine
• Medicine/PET
• Nuclear
• Nuclear Medicine
• PET
• Pediatric
• Treves
• computed tomography (CT)
• positron emission tomography

• Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, USA

  S. T. Treves

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