PET and PET/CT. A Clinical Guide

Description:

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.

Oncology-related chapters include the use of PET for rare and common cancers — from brain neoplasms and musculoskeletal tumors — to breast and colorectal cancers

Updated with the latest scientific literature and guidelines

Specialized topics include Gadolinium-68 imaging techniques, pediatric PET/CT, utilization for radiation therapy planning and infection and inflammation evaluations, and neurological and cardiac applications

A state-of-the-chapter on PET/MRI

More than 500 high-quality images, including many in full color

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.

Table of Contents:

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