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Imaging Principles in Pediatric Oncology

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Pediatric oncology presents challenges to imaging due to several differences that the pediatric population possesses in their physiology and pathology. As is widely accepted, children merit special considerations.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Mitera Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Hygeia Group, Athens, Greece

    Georgia Ch. Papaioannou

  2. Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Kieran McHugh

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  1. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Athanasios D. Gouliamos

  2. Imaging Department, Hygeia and Mitera Hospitals, Athens, Greece

    John A. Andreou

  3. Medical Oncologist, Head, Medical Oncology Department, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Paris A. Kosmidis

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Papaioannou, G.C., McHugh, K. (2018). Imaging Principles in Pediatric Oncology. In: Gouliamos, A., Andreou, J., Kosmidis, P. (eds) Imaging in Clinical Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68873-2_5

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