Nuclear medicine offers several diagnostic scans for the evaluation of congenital and
acquired conditions of the kidneys and urinary track in children. Tc-99m-MAG 3 diuretic …

Purpose The manuscript aims to characterize the principles of best practice in performing
nuclear medicine procedures in paediatric patients. The paper describes all necessary …

In clinical practice, cisplatin is the most commonly used chemotherapy drug to treat a range
of malignancies. Severe ROS-regulated nephrotoxicity, however, restricts its applicability …

Summary Introduction Mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG-3) renogram is one of the gold
standard diagnostic tools of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO); however, there is no …

Introduction and objective The value of diuretic renography drainage times in congenital
hydronephrosis (AHN) decision making is controversial. Recently, a group suggested a …

Diuresis renography (DR) is widely used in the evaluation of hydronephrosis and
hydroureter in infants and children. The goal of this provocative nuclear imaging …

Introduction Hydronephrosis secondary to ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is a
common finding in infants with prenatally-diagnosed hydronephrosis and often results in …

Introduction and objective Prior studies have shown a broad half time (T1/2) interval on
MAG3 diuresis renography (DR) that is indeterminate for obstruction. We aimed to refine and …

Renal radionuclide imaging has been a mainstay in the pediatric nuclear medicine field for
many years. A better understanding of the pathophysiological basis of renal obstruction has …

Background Early detection of kidney diseases can be challenging as conventional methods
such as blood tests or imaging techniques (computed tomography (CT), magnetic …