PET/CT in Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Szyszko, Teresa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nuclear medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.

This book is a pocket guide to the science and practice of PET/CT imaging of esophageal and gastric malignancies. The scientific principles of PET/CT, the radiopharmaceuticals used in this context, the role of PET/CT, the characteristic PET/CT findings, and limitations and pitfalls are all clearly d...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Epidemiology
• Pathology
• Management
• Radiological Imaging
• Basic Principles of PET/CT Imaging.-Radiopharmaceuticals.- PET/CT in Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer.