BookPaul Shreve, David W. Townsend, editors.
Contents:
Principles, design, and operation of multi-slice CT
PET imaging basics
Design and operation of combined PET-CT scanners
CT-based attenuation correction for PET
Technical artifacts in PET-CT imaging
Quantitation of PET data in clinical practice
Patient preparation and management
Radiation protection of technologists and ancillary personnel
Application of CT contrast agents in PET-CT imaging
Performance, interpretation, and reporting of PET-CT scans for body oncology imaging
Pediatric management and preparation in PET-CT
PET-CT in radiation treatment planning
Probability and the principles of diagnostic certainty in medical imaging
Principles of medical imaging in the diagnosis and staging of the cancer patient
Principles of PET in cancer treatment for the assessment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy response and for radiotherapy treatment planning
PET-CT imaging of lung cancer
PET-CT of esophageal cancer
PET-CT of head and neck cancers
PET-CT of thyroid cancer
PET-CT in breast cancer
PET-CT in colorectal carcinoma
PET-CT imaging of lymphoma
PET-CT imaging in multiple myeloma, solitary plasmacytoma, and related plasma cell dyscrasias
PET-CT of melanoma
PET-CT of ovarian cancer
PET-CT of cervical and uterine cancer
PET-CT of testicular malignancies
PET-CT in pediatric malignancies
PET-CT of renal cell carcinoma
PET-CT in soft tissue malignancies
PET-CT of pancreatic cancer
PET-CT of bone metastases.