PET and PET/CT: A Clinical Guide 2nd ed

✍ Scribed by Lin, Eugene; Alavi, Abass

• Publisher: New York : Thieme
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PET and PET/CT: A Clinical Guide......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Contributors......Page 14
I Basic Science......Page 16
1 The Physics of PET/CT Scanners......Page 18
2 Basics of Fluorodeoxyglucose Radiochemistry and Biology......Page 30
3 The Role of Glucose and FDG Metabolism in the Interpretation of PET Studies......Page 37
II Clinical Basics......Page 46
4 Patient Preparation......Page 48
5 Standardized Uptake Value......Page 53
6 Normal Variants and Benign Findings......Page 57
7 The Interpretation of FDG PET Studies......Page 93
8 The Value of PET/CT......Page 103
9 Levels of Evidence for Clinical Indications of FDG PET......Page 114
III Oncologic Applications......Page 116
10 Oncologic PET by Anatomical Region......Page 118
11 Therapy Response......Page 132
12 Brain Neoplasms......Page 136
13 Head and Neck Cancer......Page 142
14 Thyroid Cancer......Page 151
15 Thoracic Neoplasms......Page 157
16 Breast Cancer......Page 170
17 Gastric, Esophageal, and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors......Page 179
18 Lymphoma......Page 188
19 Melanoma......Page 196
20 Hepatobiliary Tumors......Page 200
21 Pancreatic Cancer......Page 205
22 Gynecologic Tumors......Page 211
23 Urologic Tumors......Page 219
24 Colorectal Cancer......Page 227
25 Musculoskeletal Tumors......Page 235
IV Nononcologic Applications......Page 244
26 Pediatric PET/CT......Page 246
27 PET and PET /CT in Radiation Therapy Planning......Page 254
28 FDG PET in the Evaluation of Infection and Inflammation......Page 260
29 Neurologic Applications......Page 272
30 Cardiac PET and PET/CT......Page 278
Index......Page 290