Clinical PET : Principles and Applications

by Kim, E. Edmund; Lee, Myung-chul; Inoue, Tomio, M.D., Ph.D.; Wong, Wai Hoi, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780387408545
• ISBN10: 0387408541
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

With contributions from leaders in the PET community, Textbook of Clinical PET is a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET. 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 the clinical effectiveness of PET. Practical understanding of updated PET scanners, image process and quantification of PET measurements is also discussed. The book is divided into two sections, with the first 7 chapters dealing with the basic principles of PET for instrumentation, fusion, radiopharmaceuticals, radiosynthesis, safety and cost analysis, and the following 16 chapters focusing on the clinical techniques and indications of PET. There is also a unique atlas as well as comprehensive coverage on essential clinical PET studies in neurology, cardiology and oncology. Textbook of Clinical PET provides a practical guide that helps nuclear medicine practitioners, radiologists, oncologists, and neurologists navigate the complexity of PET interpretation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Contributors	xv
Part I Basic Principles
1 Principles of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	3	(28)
Hossain Baghaei, Wai-Hoi Wong, and Jorge Uribe
2 Production of Isotopes	31	(13)
Carlos Gonzalez Lepera and Wai-Hoi Wong
3 Principles of PET/CT	44	(18)
Osama Mawlawi, Richard Wendt III, and Wai-Hoi Wong
4 Radiopharmaceuticals	62	(30)
David J. Yang, Tomio Inoue, and E. Edmund Kim
5 Automated Synthesis of Radiopharmaceuticals	92	(20)
David J. Yang, Ali Azhdarinia, and E. Edmund Kim
6 Economics of Clinical Operation	112	(5)
E. Edmund Kim and Franklin C.L. Wong
7 Technical Considerations	117	(10)
E. Edmund Kim and Franklin C.L. Wong
8 Normal and Variable Patterns	127	(19)
Ho-Young Lee, Myung-Chul Lee, and E. Edmund Kim
9 Artifacts in FDG-PET	146
Tomio Inoue, Noboru Oriuchi, and E. Edmund Kim
Part II Clinical Applications
10 Epilepsy	165	(11)
Dong-Soo Lee and Myung-Chul Lee
11 Dementia and Cerebrovascular Disease	176	(24)
Sang-Eun Kim and Myung-Chul Lee
12 Cardiology	200	(10)
Dong-Soo Lee, Jin-Chul Paeng, Myung-Chul Lee, and E. Edmund Kim
13 Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases	210	(18)
Kyung-Han Lee and June-Key Chung
14 Brain Tumors	228	(19)
Franklin C.L. Wong and E. Edmund Kim
15 Head and Neck Tumors	247	(15)
Franklin C.L. Wong and E. Edmund Kim
16 Thoracic Cancer	262	(21)
E. Edmund Kim and Franklin C.L. Wong
17 Breast Cancer	283	(13)
E. Edmund Kim and Massashi Yukihiro
18 Esophageal, Gastric, Pancreatic, and Colorectal Cancers	296	(18)
Tomio Inoue, Nobukazu Takahashi, and E. Edmund Kim
19 Hepatobiliary Tumors	314	(11)
Byung-Tae Kim and E. Edmund Kim
20 Gynecologic Cancers	325	(22)
Sung-Eun Kim, June-Key Chung, and E. Edmund Kim
21 Urologic Cancer	347	(10)
Tomio Inoue, Nobukazu Takahashi, and Tetsuya Higuchi
22 Melanoma, Myeloma, and Sarcoma	357	(15)
E. Edmund Kim and Franklin C.L. Wong
23 Lymphoma	372	(15)
E. Edmund Kim and Franklin C.L. Wong
Index	387