PET/MRI in Oncology Current Clinical Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Iagaru, Andrei (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hope, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Veit-Haibach, Patrick (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Nuclear medicine.; Oncology .; Nuclear Medicine.; Oncology.

In this book, experts from premier institutions across the world with extensive experience in the field clearly and succinctly describe the current and anticipated uses of PET/MRI in oncology. The book also includes detailed presentations of the MRI and PET technologies as they apply to the combined...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• PET technology designs for PET/MRI
• MR hardware for PET/MR
• MR pulse sequences for PET/MR
• MR contrast agents
• PET/MRI: attenuation correction
• PET/MRI: motion correction
• PET/MRI: reliability/reproducibility of SUV measurements
• PET/MRI: Safety considerations
• Functional/Heterogeneity MR techniques in Oncology
• Workflow and protocols considerations
• Whole body applications
• Neuro: Brain Oncology
• Neuro: Head and Neck Oncology
• Lung nodules and lung cancer
• Breast cancer
• Liver - Tom
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Oesophageal, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Gynecologic applications
• Prostate cancer
• Melanoma and multiple myeloma
• MSK oncology
• Lymphoma
• Pediatric oncology
• Future directions.