Clinical PET-CT in Radiology: Integrated Imaging in Oncology presents the latest hybrid scanning technology for applications of clinical PET-CT within body imaging. In this comprehensive text, Paul Shreve, MD, and David W. Townsend, PhD, have brought together an internationally-distinguished group of authors to cover all aspects of clinical PET-CT relevant to body oncology imaging technology using CT and FDG PET. The chapters provide practicing imaging physicians with a concise, practical guide, presenting PET-CT as an integrated anatomic-metabolic imaging procedure applied to cancer imaging. Physics and instrumentation chapters are oriented to provide an overview of the available technology and some physical concepts. Comprehensive clinical chapters are structured to provide concise and structured background regarding the clinical management of each cancer and the role of PET-CT imaging in all phases of patient management. Each clinical chapter will help the imaging physician more completely understand the relationship and role of the integrated modality imaging with respect to the overall treatment of the cancer patient.
Author(s): Marc Kachelriess (auth.), Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 437
Tags: Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Nuclear Medicine
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Principles, Design, and Operation of Multi-slice CT....Pages 1-19
PET Imaging Basics....Pages 21-28
Design and Operation of Combined PET-CT Scanners....Pages 29-38
CT-Based Attenuation Correction for PET....Pages 39-46
Technical Artifacts in PET-CT Imaging....Pages 47-59
Quantitation of PET Data in Clinical Practice....Pages 61-66
Patient Preparation and Management....Pages 67-82
Radiation Protection of Technologists and Ancillary Personnel....Pages 83-90
Application of CT Contrast Agents in PET-CT Imaging....Pages 91-101
Performance, Interpretation, and Reporting of PET-CT Scans for Body Oncology Imaging....Pages 103-116
Pediatric Management and Preparation in PET-CT....Pages 117-119
PET-CT in Radiation Treatment Planning....Pages 121-129
Probability and the Principles of Diagnostic Certainty in Medical Imaging....Pages 131-145
Principles of Medical Imaging in the Diagnosis and Staging of the Cancer Patient....Pages 147-155
Principles of PET in Cancer Treatment for the Assessment of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Response and for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning....Pages 157-162
PET-CT Imaging of Lung Cancer....Pages 163-180
PET-CT of Esophageal Cancer....Pages 181-191
PET-CT of Head and Neck Cancers....Pages 193-207
PET-CT of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 209-225
PET-CT in Breast Cancer....Pages 227-243
PET-CT in Colorectal Carcinoma....Pages 245-264
PET-CT Imaging of Lymphoma....Pages 265-291
PET-CT Imaging in Multiple Myeloma, Solitary Plasmacytoma, and Related Plasma Cell Dyscrasias....Pages 293-312
PET-CT of Melanoma....Pages 313-327
PET-CT of Ovarian Cancer....Pages 329-336
PET-CT of Cervical and Uterine Cancer....Pages 337-355
PET-CT of Testicular Malignancies....Pages 357-368
PET-CT in Pediatric Malignancies....Pages 369-385
PET-CT of Renal Cell Carcinoma....Pages 387-395
PET-CT in Soft Tissue Malignancies....Pages 397-405
PET-CT of Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 407-417
PET-CT of Bone Metastases....Pages 419-431
Back Matter....Pages 435-437
