PET/CT in Clinical Practice

✍ Scribed by T. B. Lynch MB, BSc, MSc, MRCP, FRCR (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

PET/CT in Clinical Practice indicates for the appropriate use of PET/CT in Lung, Lymphoma, Esophageal, Colorectal, Head/Neck and Melanoma. Reference is also made to tumors of the male and female reproductive system. The information provided is concise, relevant and well-illustrated. Each chapter contains a summary of the appropriate staging system for that tumor and indicates where PET/CT is helpful and where it is not. These points are illustrated using images collected from clin- ical cases collected over the past few years.

The range of normal PET/CT appearances is outlined in chapter 9. The book focuses on FDG-PET/CT throughout, but chapter 10 makes reference to the future application of other positron emitters and gives a beginners guide to the physics of PET/CT.

Essential reading for consultants and medical residents in radiology, nuclear medicine and oncology as all from medical student to consultant oncologist will be touched by this modality and will need to understand its strengths and weaknesses.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Lung Cancer....Pages 16-47
Lymphoma....Pages 48-71
Esophageal and Gastric Cancer....Pages 72-92
Colorectal Cancer....Pages 93-115
Head and Neck Cancer....Pages 116-135
Melanoma....Pages 136-156
Cancers of the Male and Female Reproductive Systems....Pages 157-170
Normal Uptake and Normal Variant Uptake....Pages 171-203
Basic Physics....Pages 204-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-241

✦ Subjects

Imaging / Radiology; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology