Clinical PET and PET/CT Principles and Applications

Clinical PET and PET/CT Principles and Applications / edited by E. Edmund Kim, Myung-Chul Lee, Tomio Inoue, Wai-Hoi Wong.

Clinical PET and PET/CT, 2nd Edition presents a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and common imaging agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish t...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kim, E. Edmund (Editor), Lee, Myung-Chul (Editor), Inoue, Tomio (Editor), Wong, Wai-Hoi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Radiology.
Nuclear medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1
  • Principles of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging 2
  • Production of Isotopes 3
  • Principles of PET/CT 4
  • Radiopharmaceuticals 5
  • Automated Synthesis of Radiopharmaceuticals 6
  • Cost Analysis and Effectiveness of PET and PET/CT 7
  • Technical Principles, Radiation Safety, and Image Interpretation 8
  • Normal and Variable Patterns in PET 9
  • Artifacts in FDG-PET and PET/CT 10
  • Radiation Dosimetry in F-18 FDG PET/CT 11
  • Current Status of PET in the World 12
  • Epilepsy 13
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases 14
  • Cerebrovascular Disease and PET 15
  • Brain Tumors 16
  • Head and Neck Tumors 17
  • Lung and Pleural Cancers 18
  • Breast Cancer 19
  • Coronary Artery Disease 20
  • Myocardial Viability 21
  • Atherosclerosis 22
  • Esophageal, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancers 23
  • Hepatobiliary and Small Bowel Cancers 24
  • Colorectal Cancer 25
  • Urologic Cancer 26
  • Gynecologic Cancer 27
  • Lymphoma 28
  • Melanoma, Myeloma, and Sarcoma 29
  • Carcinoma of Unknown Primary 30
  • 18F-FDG PET in the Evaluation of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases 31
  • PET in Radiation Treatment 32
  • Evidence-Based PET 33
  • PET/MRI.

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