Clinical PET and PET/CT

• Main Authors: Jadvar, H. (Author), Parker, J.A (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.; Imaging / Radiology.

A practical manual covering the full spectrum of PET and PET/CT imaging, now in common clinical practice, this book includes images of normal variants, artifacts, and pathologic conditions. Indications for and the relative clinical value of PET in the armamentarium of diagnostic medical imaging are...

Table of Contents:

• PET Physics and Instrumentation
• PET Radiotracers
• Cardiology
• Neurology and Psychiatry
• Oncology—Brain
• Oncology—Head, Neck, and Thyroid
• Oncology—Lungs
• Oncology—Digestive Tract
• Oncology—Pancreas and Hepatobiliary System
• Oncology—Breast and Female Reproductive System
• Oncology—Male Reproductive System
• Oncology—Urology
• Oncology—Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
• Oncology—Lymphoma
• Oncology—Melanoma
• Infection and Inflammation
• Pediatrics
• Variants and Pitfalls.