A practical manual covering the full spectrum of PET and PET/CT imaging, now in common clinical practice, this book includes images of normal variants, artifacts, and pathologic conditions. Indications for and the relative clinical value of PET in the armamentarium of diagnostic medical imaging are reviewed. The information in the book is organized to be brief, concise, easy-to-understand and readily accessed.
This book is intended for all health practitioners who need a concise reference and review of PET imaging indications, protocols and clinical applications. It will be useful to radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and clinicians who refer their patients to PET Centers for diagnostic imaging, including neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, cardiologists, internists, and oncologists. Radiologic and nuclear medicine technologists, and physicians in training will also benefit from this work.
Inhalt
PET Physics and Instrumentation.- PET Radiotracers.- Cardiology.- Neurology and Psychiatry.- OncologyBrain.- OncologyHead, Neck, and Thyroid.- OncologyLungs.- OncologyDigestive Tract.- OncologyPancreas and Hepatobiliary System.- OncologyBreast and Female Reproductive System.- OncologyMale Reproductive System.- OncologyUrology.- OncologyBone and Soft Tissue Tumors.- OncologyLymphoma.- OncologyMelanoma.- Infection and Inflammation.- Pediatrics.- Variants and Pitfalls.