PET-CT Beyond FDG A Quick Guide to Image Interpretation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fanti, Stefano (Editor), Farsad, Mohsen (Editor), Mansi, Luigi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.; Imaging / Radiology.

Although [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) generally shows an excellent performance as a cancer-imaging agent when using PET-CT, there are some settings in which other radiopharmaceuticals offer advantages. Such non-FDG tracers are now gaining widespread acceptance not only in research but also in clini...

Table of Contents:

• Importance of Radiotracers Other than FDG in Oncology
• Considerations About PET Isotopes
• Choline PET-CT
• Methionine PET-CT
• Fluoride PET-CT
• Tyrosine PET-CT
• Somatostatin Receptor PET-CT
• Acetate PET-CT
• Thymidine PET-CT
• Dopa PET-CT
• Imaging of Hypoxia with PET-CT
• Angiogenesis PET Using Radiolabeled RGD Peptides
• Hormonal Receptors PET-CT
• HTP PET-CT.