Positron Emission Tomography

by Valk, Peter E.; Delbeke, Dominique; Bailey, Dale L.; Townsend, David W.; Maisey, Michael N.

• ISBN13: 9781852339715
• ISBN10: 1852339713
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This text is based on the 2nd half of P.E. Valk et al's 2003 bestseller Positron Emission Tomography: Basic Science and Clinical Practice and deals with only the clinical research and applications. "Positron Emission Tomography: Clinical Practice" has 22 fully revised and updated chapters, enhanced by 6 completely new chapters. The abundance of new material makes this an essential volume for anyone training in, or practicing, Nuclear Medicine.The first chapters summarize the scientific aspects of PET and PET/CT. A chapter on normal variants in FDG PET imaging serves as an introduction to the clinical chapters which cover oncology applications and the impact of FDG PET/CT imaging in oncology, concluding with chapters on PET and PET/CT in cardiology, neurology, PET imaging of infectious processes.The applications in this book will be useful for residents and trainees in medical imaging specialities and imaging professionals and will also be essential reading for oncologists, cardiologists, neurologists and surgeons.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Basic Science of PET and PET/CT	1	(16)
David W. Townsend
Incremental Value of Imaging Structure and Function	17	(10)
Dominique Delbeke
The Technologist's Perspective	27	(14)
Bernadette F. Cronin
Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in PET and PET/CT	41	(22)
Jocelyn E.C. Towson
Stefan Eberl
Artifacts and Normal Variants in Whole-Body PET and PET/CT Imaging	63	(16)
Gary J.R. Cook
PET Imaging in Brain Tumors	79	(10)
Terence Z. Wong
R. Edward Coleman
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Lung Cancer	89	(18)
Pierre Rigo
Roland Hustinx
Thierry Bury
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer	107	(18)
Val J. Lowe
Brendan C. Stack, Jr.
Trond V. Bogsrud
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Lymphoma	125	(22)
Guy H.M. Jerusalem
Roland Hustinx
Pierre Rigo
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Colorectal Cancer	147	(18)
Christian Schiepers
Peter E. Valk
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Esophageal and Gastric Cancers	165	(16)
Farrokh Dehdashti
Barry A. Siegel
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Tumors of the Pancreas and Liver	181	(16)
Dominique Delbeke
William H. Martin
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Breast Cancer	197	(20)
Richard L. Wahl
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Testicular and Gynecologic Cancers	217	(16)
Sharon F. Hain
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Melanoma	233	(10)
George M. Segall
Susan M. Swetter
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Urologic Tumors	243	(10)
Paul D. Shreve
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Sarcoma	253	(16)
Michael J. O'Doherty
Michael A. Smith
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Thyroid and Adrenal Diseases	269	(14)
I. Ross McDougall
PET and PET/CT Imaging in Multiple Myeloma, Solitary Plasmacytoma, MGUS, and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias	283	(20)
Ronald C. Walker
Laurie B. Jones-Jackson
Erik Rasmussen
Marisa Miceli
Edgardo J.C. Angtuaco
Frits Van Rhee
Guido J. Tricot
Joshua Epstein
Elias J. Anaissie
Bart Barlogie
Evolving Role of FDG-PET Imaging in the Management of Patients with Suspected Infection and Inflammatory Disorders	303	(14)
Hongming Zhuang
Abass Alavi
PET Imaging of the Skeleton	317	(20)
Gary J.R. Cook
Ignac Fogelman
Ora Israel
PET Imaging in Pediatric Disorders	337	(22)
Hossein Jadvar
Leonard P. Connolly
Frederic H. Fahey
Barry L. Shulkin
PET Imaging for Tumor Hypoxia: Characterizing the Tumor and Guiding Treatment	359	(16)
Joseph G. Rajendran
Kenneth A. Krohn
Labeled Pyrimidines in PET Imaging	375	(12)
Anthony F. Shields
Assessment of Treatment Response by FDG-PET	387	(26)
Lale Kostakoglu
Peter E. Valk
PET in Clinical Cardiology	413	(20)
Frank M. Bengel
Markus Schwaiger
Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease with Cardiac PET/CT	433	(20)
Marcelo F. Di Carli
PET in Clinical Neurology	453	(10)
Yen F. Tai
Paola Piccini
Index	463