Nuclear Medicine in the First Year of Life

Learning Objectives: On successful completion of this activity, participants should be able to describe, for children less than 1 y old, (1) the wide variety of nuclear medicine indications; (2) the nuclear medicine studies, relative to other imaging methods, that can provide the highest diagnostic yield; (3) how to obtain high-quality nuclear medicine examinations at the lowest radiation exposures; (4) how growth and development affect the appearance, and therefore the interpretation, of nuclear medicine images; and (5) special care needed, such as patient preparation, immobilization, distraction techniques, environment, sedation or general anesthesia, imaging techniques, image processing, and presentation of results. Financial Disclosure: The authors of this article have indicated no relevant relationships that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest. CME Credit: SNM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing education for physicians. SNM designates each JNM continuing education article for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For CE credit, participants can access this activity through the SNM Web sit