PET and PET/CT: a clinical guide

✍ Scribed by Eugene C. Lin, Abass Alavi

• Publisher: Thieme
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Presenting both oncological and nononcological applications, this book covers the full range of scenarios the clinician is likely to encounter in the professional setting. With a special focus on PET/CT correlation and FDG oncological imaging, this text addresses the important role of PET/CT in managing patients with cancer, Alzheimer.s disease, epilepsy, and other disorders. Each chapter in the Oncological Applications section of the text focuses on a particular disease, allowing the reader to quickly access the information relevant to managing a specific clinical situation. Thorough review of the existing scientific literature and pointers on how to interpret and report images provide readers with the tools to sharpen their assessment and decision-making skills and improve patient care. Read more...

Abstract:

Presenting oncological and nononcological applications for PET and PET/CT for a full range of clinical scenarios, this edition features new chapters on PET/CT for pediatric patients; the use of FDG PET in the evaluation of infection and inflammation; and the role of PET and PET/CT in radiation therapy planning. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Basic science --
Physics of PET/CT scanners / Ruth E. Schmitz, Adam M. Alessio, and Paul E. Kinahan --
Basics of fluorodeoxyglucose radiochemistry and biology / Neale S. Mason and Eugene C. Lin --
Role of glucose and FDG metabolism in the interpretation of PET studies / Ronald L. Korn, Alison Coates, and John Millstine --
Clinical basics --
Patient preparation / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Standardized uptake value / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Normal variants and benign findings / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Interpretation of FDG PET studies / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Value of PET/CT / Eugene C. Lin, Paul E. Kinahan, and Abass Alavi --
Levels of evidence for clinical indications of FDG PET / Eugene C. Lin --
Oncologic applications --
Oncologic PET by anatomical region / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Therapy response / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Brain neoplasms / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Head and neck cancer / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Thyroid cancer / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Thoracic neoplasms / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Breast cancer / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Gastric, esophageal, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Lyphoma / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Melanoma / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Hepatobiliary tumors / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Pancreatic cancer / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Gynecologic tumors / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Urologic tumors / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Colorectal tumors / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Musculoskeletal tumors / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Nononcologic applications --
Pediatric PET/CT / M. Beth McCarville --
PET and PET/CT in radiation therapy planning / Sandip Basu [and others] --
FDG PET in the evaluation of infection and inflammation / Sandip Basu, Abass Alavi, and Eugene C. Lin --
Neurologic Applications / Eugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi --
Cardiac PET and PET/CT / Amol Takalkar [and others].

✦ Subjects

Tomography, Emission.;Positron-Emission Tomography;methods.;Fluorodeoxyglucose F18.;Computertomografie.;Positronemissietomografie.