Essential For Students, Science And Medical Graduates Who Want To Understand The Basic Science Of Positron Emission Tomography (pet), This Book Describes The Physics, Chemistry, Technology And Overview Of The Clinical Uses Behind The Science Of Pet And The Imaging Techniques It Uses. In Recent Years, Pet Has Moved From High-end Research Imaging Tool Used By The Highly Specialized To An Essential Component Of Clinical Evaluation In The Clinic, Especially In Cancer Management. Previously Being The Realm Of Scientists, This Book Explains Pet Instrumentation, Radiochemistry, Pet Data Acquisition And Image Formation, Integration Of Structural And Functional Images, Radiation Dosimetry And Protection, And Applications In Dedicated Areas Such As Drug Development, Oncology, And Gene Expression Imaging. The Technologist, The Science, Engineering Or Chemistry Graduate Seeking Further Detailed Information About Pet, Or The Medical Advanced Trainee Wishing To Gain Insight Into The Basic. 1. Positron Emission Tomography In Clinical Medicine / Michael N. Maisey -- 2. Physics And Instrumentation In Pet / Dale L. Bailey, Joel S. Karp And Suleman Surti -- 3. Data Acquisition And Performance Characterization In Pet / Dale L. Bailey -- 4. Image Reconstruction Algorithms In Pet / Michel Defrise, Paul E. Kinahan And Christian J. Michel -- 5. Quantitative Techniques In Pet / Steven R. Meikle And Ramsey D. Badawi -- 6. Tracer Kinetic Modeling In Pet / Richard E. Carson -- 7. Coregistration Of Structural And Functional Images / David J. Hawkes, Derek L. G. Hill, Lucy Hallpike And Dale L. Bailey -- 8. Anato-molecular Imaging : Combining Structure And Function / David W. Townsend And Thomas Beyer -- 9. Radiohalogens For Pet Imaging / N. Scott Mason And Chester A. Mathis -- 10. Progress In [superscript 11]c Radiochemistry / Gunnar Antoni And Bengt Langstrom -- 11. Metal Radionuclides For Pet Imaging / Paul Mcquade, Deborah W. Mccarthy And Michael J. Welch -- 12. Radiation Dosimetry And Protection In Pet / Jocelyn E. C. Towson -- 13. Whole-body Pet Imaging Methods / Paul D. Shreve -- 14. Artefacts And Normal Variants In Whole-body Pet And Pet/ct Imaging / Gary J. R. Cook -- 15. Technologist's Perspective / Bernadette F. Cronin -- 16. Pet Imaging In Oncology / Andrew M. Scott -- 17. Use Of Positron Emission Tomography In Drug Discovery And Development / William C. Eckelman -- 18. Pet As A Tool In Multimodality Imaging Of Gene Expression And Therapy / Abhijit De And Sanjiv Sam Gambhir. Dale L. Bailey ... [et Al.], (eds). Selected And Updated Version Of Positron Emission Tomography, Basic Science And Clinical Practice, 2003. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.