Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine

✍ Scribed by Christiaan Schiepers MD, PhD (auth.), A. L. Baert, K. Sartor, Christiaan Schiepers MD, PhD (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 355
• Series: Medical Radiology
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The field of nuclear medicine is undergoing rapid expansion, and is evolving into diagnostic molecular imaging. During recent years, dual-modality imaging with PET/CT has gained acceptance and this is currently the fastest-growing technique for oncological imaging applications. The glucose analogue FDG has held its place in diagnostic oncology, assessment of myocardial viability and diagnosis of neuro-degenerative disorders. Peptides have become even more important as imaging agents. The accuracy of hepatobiliary scintigraphy has been enhanced by cholecystokinin. The use of ACE inhibitors in the evaluation of renovascular hypertension has become the standard in renography. New instrumentation has led to faster scanners, and computer development to better image processing software. Automatic processing is more common, and standardization of protocols can be accomplished easily. The field of gene imaging has progressed, although routine clinical applications are not yet available. The present text, supplemented with many detailed and informative illustrations, represents an adjunct to the standard knowledge of diagnostic nuclear medicine and provides both the student and the professional with an overview of developments during the past decade.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-4
Neurochemical Imaging with Emission Tomography: Clinical Applications....Pages 7-37
Assessment of Myocardial Viability by Radionuclide Techniques....Pages 39-59
Thromboembolism Imaging....Pages 61-81
Renal Imaging....Pages 83-100
Skeletal Scintigraphy....Pages 101-111
Imaging Infection and Inflammation....Pages 113-126
Gastrointestinal Nuclear Medicine....Pages 127-134
Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy....Pages 135-152
Peptide Imaging....Pages 153-184
FDG-PET Imaging in Oncology....Pages 185-204
PET/CT in Lung, Head and Neck Cancer....Pages 205-214
PET/CT Imaging in Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Gynecological Cancers and Lymphoma....Pages 215-225
Pediatric Nuclear Medicine: A Coming of Age....Pages 227-244
Radiopharmaceuticals: Recent Developments and Trends....Pages 247-274
Instrumentation and Data Acquisition....Pages 275-290
Image Formation....Pages 291-310
Imaging Gene Expression: Concepts and Future Outlook....Pages 313-342
Quo Vadis?....Pages 343-344

✦ Subjects

Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Internal Medicine