BookE. Edmund Kim [and others], editors.
Summary: Clinical PET and PET/CT, 2nd Edition presents a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and common imaging agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish the clinical effectiveness of PET and PET/CT. Practical information about updated PET and PET/CT scanners, imaging processing, correlation, and quantification of PET and PET/CT measurements is also presented. This book is divided into two sections, the first half dealing with the basic principles of PET and PET/CT for instrumentation, fusion, radiopharmaceuticals, radiosynthesis, safety, and cost analysis. The second part of this volume presents chapters on the clinical techniques and applications of PET and PET/CT for common oncologic, cardiologic, and neurologic diseases. Numerous full color images provide comprehensive coverage on essential clinical PET and PET/CT studies.
Contents:
Principles of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
Production of Isotopes
From PET to PET/CT
Radiopharmaceuticals
Automated Synthesis of Radiopharmaceuticals
Cost Analysis and Effectiveness of PET and PET/CT
Technical Principles, Radiation Safety, and Image Interpretation
Normal and Variable Patterns in PET
Artifacts in FDG PET and PET/CT
Radiation Dosimetry in 18F-FDG PET/CT
Current Status of PET in the World
Clinical Applications
Epilepsy
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disease and PET
Brain Tumors
Head and Neck Tumors
Lung and Pleural Cancers
Breast Cancer
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Viability.