PET and PET/CT
A Clinical Guide
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| Edition: | 3 | |
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| Copyright Year: | 2019 | |
| Details: | 410 pages | |
| ISBN: | 9781626231344 | |
| Binding Type: | Paperback/softback | |
| PDF ISBN: | 9781626231351 | |
| Epub ISBN: | 9781638532538 | |
| Illustration Number and type: | 335 | |
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Top-selling, concise guide to PET and PET/CT imaging from distinguished radiologists, now in a new edition!
PET and PET/CT have been increasingly used as effective imaging modalities in the management of patients with cancer, neurologic disease, musculoskeletal disease, and cardiac disease. PET and PET/CT: A Clinical Guide, Third Edition by world renowned molecular imaging pioneer Abass Alavi and esteemed diagnostic and nuclear radiologist Eugene Lin features the latest advances in PET technology in an easy-to-read format.
The book lays a solid foundation with opening chapters on scanner physics, radionuclide basics, study interpretation, patient preparation, quantitative whole-body PET/CT imaging, normal variants, benign findings, and clinical applications.
Key Highlights
Succinct yet comprehensive, this state-of-the-art book will enable clinicians to master a highly complex imaging discipline at an accelerated pace. Residents and veteran practitioners in the fields of nuclear medicine, radiology, oncology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine technology will benefit from reading this resource.
This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.
Part I Basic Science
1 The Physics of PET/CT Scanners
2 The Basics of 2-[F-18]Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose Radiochemistry and Biology
3 The Role of Glucose and FDG Metabolism in the Interpretation of PET Studies
Part II Clinical Basics
4 Patient Preparation
5 Standardized Uptake Value
6 Quantitative Whole-Body PET/CT Imaging
7 Normal Variants and Benign Findings
8 Interpretation of FDG PET Studies
9 PET/CT
10 PET/MRI: Introduction to Clinical Applications
Part III Oncologic Applications
11 Oncological PET by Anatomic Region
12 Therapy Response
13 Brain Neoplasms
14 Head and Neck Cancer
15 Thyroid Cancer
16 Thoracic Neoplasms
17 Breast Cancer
18 Gastric, Esophageal, and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
19 Lymphoma
20 Melanoma
21 Hepatobiliary Tumors
22 Pancreatic Cancer
23 Gynecological Tumors
24 Urological Tumors
25 Colorectal Cancer
26 Musculoskeletal Tumors
27 18F Sodium Fluoride PET/CT in Bone
28 68Ga-Based Imaging Techniques
Part IV Nononcologic Applications
29 Pediatric PET/CT
30 PET/CT in Radiation Therapy Planning
31 FDG-PET/CT in the Evaluation of Infection and Inflammation
32 Neurological Applications of Fluorodeoxyglucose PET
33 Neurological Applications of Nonfluorodeoxyglucose Tracers
34 Cardiac PET and PET/CT
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