Prise en compte du contexte clinique

Once the imaging examination is justified by the clinical context, given the low doses of ionizing radiation delivered by nuclear imaging, the quality of the medical diagnosis always takes precedence over dosimetric considerations. Corollary to this assertion, the voluntary alteration of the image quality and therefore of the quality of the diagnosis on the basis of radiation protection considerations alone constitutes medical malpractice.     

Illustrations cliniques en pédiatrie

The examples and clinical cases presented in this section are not intended to be considered as absolute models in terms of image quality or device parameter settings. They must initiate an individual analysis according to CT parameters and image quality. Nevertheless, they present practically different CT levels which can be used according to the clinical context and the type of device.     

Illustrations pratiques – Produits de contraste iodés (PCI)

Iodinated Contrast Agent (ICA) may be used in nuclear medicine for level 3 and 4 CT level. The use of ICA in SPECT/CT or PET/CT is driven, for each patient, by the clinical context, the benefit/risk ratio and the availability and the date of the previous injected CT. The improvement in diagnostic performance of the exam is the main goal of the ICA injection during a hybrid NM procedure.