Table of Contents
1 Basic science of PET and PET/CT 1
2 Incremental value of imaging structure and function 17
3 The technologist's perspective 27
4 Radiation protection and dosimetry in PET and PET/CT 41
5 Artifacts and normal variants in whole-body PET and PET/CT imaging 63
6 PET imaging in brain tumors 79
7 PET and PET/CT imaging in lung cancer 89
8 PET and PET/CT imaging in head and neck cancer 107
9 PET and PET/CT imaging in lymphoma 125
10 PET and PET/CT imaging in colorectal cancer 147
11 PET and PET/CT imaging in esophageal and gastric cancers 165
12 PET and PET/CT imaging in tumors of the pancreas and liver 181
13 PET and PET/CT imaging in breast cancer 197
14 PET and PET/CT imaging in testicular and gynecologic cancers 217
15 PET and PET/CT imaging in melanoma 233
16 PET and PET/CT imaging in urologic tumors 243
17 PET and PET/CT imaging in sarcoma 253
18 PET and PET/CT imaging in thyroid and adrenal diseases 269
19 PET and PET/CT imaging in multiple myeloma, solitary plasmacytoma, MGUS and other plasma cell dyscrasias
20 Evolving role of FDG-PET imaging in the management of patients with suspected infection and inflammatory disorders 303
21 PET imaging of the skeleton 317
22 PET imaging in pediatric disorders 337
23 PET imaging for tumor hypoxia : characterizing the tumor and guiding treatment 359
24 Labeled pyrimidines in PET imaging 375
25 Assessment of treatment response by FDG-PET 387
26 PET in clinical cardiology 413
27 Assessment of coronary artery disease with cardiac PET/CT 433
28 PET in clinical neurology 453
About this book
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