Clinical Nuclear Medicine Fourth Edition

by Cook; Gary

• ISBN13: 9780340812396
• ISBN10: 0340812397
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-24
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

The fourth edition of Clinical Nuclear Medicine incorporates the rapid and dramatic changes that have occurred in the field within the last 10 years--particularly the continued growth in clinical applications for PET and other aspects of molecular imaging--so that the book reflects modernpractice. With its problem-oriented clinical approach, the book presents relevant topics of current importance to the practicing clinician, rather than providing a comprehensive review of all technical and basic science aspects. An initial section covers the broad principles and scope of important areas that are considered to have impacted more significantly on current and future clinical practice since the last edition. The second section covers all the clinical systems where nuclear medicine helps current clinicalpractice, while a third section covers a number of relevant technical topics.

Table of Contents

Molecular imaging	p. 5
Peptide receptor imaging	p. 29
Radioimmunoscintigraphy	p. 39
Monitoring treatment	p. 57
Principles of radionuclide therapy	p. 79
The imaging of infection and inflammation	p. 93
Pediatric imaging	p. 107
Sentinel lymph node imaging in clinical nuclear medicine	p. 121
Functional imaging of cardiac disease	p. 145
Functional imaging of coronary artery and congenital heart disease	p. 147
Left ventricular dysfunction	p. 183
Radionuclide imaging in thoracic disease	p. 195
Ventilation perfusion imaging : a changing role for suspected pulmonary embolism	p. 197
Lung cancer	p. 223
Other pulmonary applications	p. 239
Renal radionuclide studies	p. 251
Anatomy, physiology, and tracer handling	p. 253
Non-imaging radionuclide assessment of renal function	p. 269
Vesico-ureteric reflux and urinary tract infection	p. 281
Hypertension	p. 297
Obstruction of the outflow tract	p. 305
Renal transplantation	p. 315
Renal tumors	p. 321
Skeletal physiology and anatomy applied to nuclear medicine	p. 331
Skeletal malignancy	p. 337
Metabolic bone disease	p. 355
Trauma and sports injuries	p. 363
Radionuclide evaluation of the failed joint replacement	p. 381
Rheumatology and avascular necrosis	p. 393
Pediatric indications	p. 403
Dementia	p. 415
Functional imaging in cerebrovascular disease and neuropsychiatry	p. 425
Epilepsy	p. 435
Neuro-oncology	p. 445
PET and SPECT imaging in movement disorders	p. 457
Head and neck cancer	p. 467
Salivary pathology	p. 483
Lachrymal studies	p. 485
Thyroid	p. 491
Parathyroid localization	p. 511
The adrenal gland	p. 521
Breast cancer	p. 543
Breast disease : single photon and positron emission tomography	p. 559
Testicular tumors	p. 569
Impotence	p. 575
Infertility	p. 585
Testicular perfusion imaging	p. 593
Gynecological cancer	p. 601
Prostate cancer	p. 609
Gastrointestinal bleeding	p. 621
Inflammatory bowel disease	p. 629
Functional studies of the gastrointestinal tract	p. 637
Positron emission tomography in gastrointestinal cancers	p. 645
Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors	p. 653
Hepatobiliary disease : primary and metastatic liver tumors	p. 661
Anemia and polycythemia	p. 675
Imaging the spleen	p. 685
Imaging of lymphomas	p. 695
Lymphoscintigraphy	p. 715
Thyroid disease	p. 727
Endocrine : peptides	p. 745
Neuroblastoma	p. 755
The skeleton	p. 765
The use of [superscript 22]P	p. 773
The role of dosimetry	p. 781
Pitfalls and artifacts in [superscript 16]F-FDG PET and PET/CT imaging	p. 791
Diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness issues	p. 799
Introduction	p. 815
Interactions and reactions	p. 821
New single-photon radiopharmaceuticals	p. 831
New radiopharmaceuticals for positron emission tomography	p. 839
Solid state and other detectors	p. 849
Image registration	p. 861
Attenuation correction in positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography	p. 869
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