Principles and practice of positron emission tomography / editor, Richard L. Wahl ; associate editor, Julia W. Buchanan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wahl, Richard L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tomography, Emission.

Tomography, Emission-Computed--methods.

Neoplasms--diagnostic imaging.

Medical Subjects:

Tomography, Emission-Computed--methods.

Neoplasms--diagnostic imaging.

Physical Description:

xix, 442 pages, 27 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Principles and practice of PET

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2002]

Summary:

Written by the best-known authority in positron emission tomography (PET), this comprehensive text is the first definitive reference in the field in almost twenty years. The book thoroughly explains the principles, clinical applications, and economic aspects of positron emission tomography today, enabling readers to make well- informed cost/benefit decisions and use PET as an effective diagnostic tool. Coverage includes extensive discussions of current oncologic, neurologic, psychiatric, and cardiac applications. An entire section gives readers a preview of emerging applications of PET in gene therapy, nephrology, pediatrics, infection/inflammation imaging, skeletal imaging, and pulmonary medicine. An appendix provides specific protocols for clinical PET imaging.

Contents:

Foreword: Historical Outline / Henry N. Wagner, Jr. xiii

1. Production of Radionuclides for PET / Ronald D. Finn, David J. Schlyer 1

2. Chemistry / Joanna S. Fowler, Yu-Shin Ding 16

3. Instrumentation / Christopher J. Thompson 48

4. Data Analysis and Image Processing / Robert A. Koeppe 65

5. Oncologic Applications

5.1. Principles of Cancer Imaging with Fluorodeoxyglucose / Richard L. Wahl 100

5.2. Normal Variants in FDG PET Imaging / Paul D. Shreve, Chuong Dac Huy Bui 111

5.3. Central Nervous System / Michael J. Fulham 137

5.4. Head, Neck, and Thyroid / Homer A. Macapinlac 157

5.5. Lung / Val J. Lowe 166

5.6. Lymphoma / Sven N. Reske, Inga Buchmann 177

5.7. Melanoma / Hans C. Steinert 184

5.8. Breast / Farrokh Dehdashti 195

5.9. Esophagus / Richard L. Wahl 210

5.10. Colorectal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary / Dominique Delbeke, William H. Martin, Martin P. Sandler 217

5.11. Gynecologic and Genitourinary / Karl F. Hubner 234

5.12. Skeletal and Soft Tissue / Gary J. R. Cook 246

5.13. Monitoring Treatment Response / Anthony F. Shields 252

5.14. Combined PET/CT Imaging / Ora Israel 268

6. Neurologic Applications / Nicolaas I. Bohnen 276

7. Psychiatric Disorders / Marc Laruelle, Peter Talbot, Diana Martinez, Anissa Abi-Dargham 298

8. Cardiac Applications

8.1. Myocardial Perfusion / Nagara Tamaki, Terrence D. Ruddy, Robert deKemp, Rob S.B. Beanlands 320

8.2. Myocardial Viability / Rob S.B. Beanlands, Terrence D. Ruddy, Jamshid Maddahi 334

8.3. Oxidative Metabolism and Cardiac Efficiency / Heikki Ukkonen, Rob S.B. Beanlands 351

8.4. Myocardial Neurotransmitter Imaging / Markus Schwaiger, Ichiro Matsunari 368

9. Infection and Inflammation / Yoshifumi Sugawara 381

10. Pediatrics / Hossein Jadvar, Leonard P. Connolly, Barry L. Shulkin 395

11. PET and Drug Development / Jerry M. Collins 411

12. Imaging Gene Expression / Uwe A. Haberkorn 420.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781729041

OCLC:

49526804