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Kids! Our comprehensive program includes the full range of nuclear medicine procedures and has the only PET scanner in New England dedicated to pediatric use. Our entire staff is highly trained and experienced in pediatric nuclear medicine and our physicians are certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. They—along with our physicists and technologists—are leaders in the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Image fusion: We are one of the few pediatric nuclear medicine programs nationwide that is routinely capable of electronically fusing nuclear medicine studies with anatomical images obtained from CT or MRI. In many cases, this gives a more complete assessment of the problems being investigated.
Safety: Because nuclear medicine procedures involve small amounts of radiation, we are committed to ensuring that your child receives the lowest possible dose needed to obtain the high-quality images needed for accurate diagnosis and treatment. Our physicians, technologists and physicists are leaders in adjusting equipment and procedures to deliver low doses appropriate to children.
Advanced radiation treatment for rare cancer: Nuclear medicine physicians and scientists are an integral part of the Dana-Farber/Children's Cancer Care team's MIBG treatment for children with relapsed neuroblastoma (cancerous tumors that originate in the nerve tissues). The treatment, which uses a radioactive compound to kill tumor cells, is available in only a handful of major medical centers in North America and is the first therapy of its kind to be offered in New England.
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