Full Description
The definitive text by the foremost authorities on positron emission tomography (PET) has now been thoroughly revised to reflect the major alterations in PET technology and practice since the introduction of PET/CT scanners. Now titled Principles and Practice of PET and PET/CT , this Second Edition includes many PET/CT images and new chapters dealing with CT scanning and PET/CT image fusion. The major focus is on strategies to optimally integrate CT and PET to a "one-stop" diagnosis for cancer, heart disease, neurologic disorders, psychiatric disorders, infection, inflammation, and other conditions.
Contents
Chapter 1: Production of Radionuclides for PET
Chapter 2: Radiotracer Chemistry
Chapter 3: PET Physics and PET Instrumentation
Chapter 4: Fundamentals of CT in PET/CT
Chapter 5: Data Analysis and Image Processing
Chapter 6: Standardized Uptake Values
Chapter 7: Image Fusion
Chapter 8: Oncologic Applications
Principles of Cancer Imaging with FDG PET/CT
How to Optimize CT for PET/CT
Artifacts and Normal Variants in PET
Monitoring Response to Treatment
PET and PET/CT in Radiation Oncology
Central Nervous System
Use of PET and PET/CT in the Evaluation of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Imaging
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma and Myeloma
PET and PET/CT of Malignant Melanoma
PET in Breast Cancers
Esophagus
Applications for Fluorodeoxyglucose PET and PET/CT in the Evaluation of Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma
Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Cancers
Cervical and Uterine Cancer
PET and PET/CT in Ovarian Cancer
Genitourinary Malignancies
Sarcomas
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
PET and PET/CT Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Including Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes
Pediatrics
Hypoxia Imaging
Newer Tracers for Cancer Imaging
Chapter 9: Neurologic Applications
Movement Disorders, Stroke and Epilepsy
Fluorodeoxyglucose PET Imaging of Dementia: Principles and Clinical Applications
Chapter 10: Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 11: Cardiac Applications
Evaluation of Myocardial Perfusion
Myocardial Viability
Oxidative Metabolism and Cardiac Efficiency
Myocardial Neurotransmitter Imaging
Chapter 12: PET/CT Imaging of Infection and Inflammation
Chapter 13: PET and Drug Development
Chapter 14: Emerging Opportunities
Imaging Gene Expression
The Kidneys
Imaging the Neovasculature
Progress in Amyloid Imaging: Five Years of Progress
Chapter 15: PET Imaging as a Biomarker
Index
