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Positron Emission Tomography

Clinical Practice

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Editors:
  1. Peter E. Valk

    1. Northern California PET Imaging Center, Sacramento, USA

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  2. Dominique Delbeke

    1. Positron Emission Tomography, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA

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  3. Dale L. Bailey

    1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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  4. David W. Townsend

    1. Cancer Imaging and Tracer Development Program, The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, USA

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  5. Michael N. Maisey

    1. Department of Radiological Sciences, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Clinical PET Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, UK

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  • Comprehensive clinical book derived from the undisputed leader in PET reference works, to cover entire gamut of PET in clinical medicine, written by international leaders in PET and PET/CT
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Basic Science of PET and PET/CT

    • David W. Townsend
    Pages 1-16

  3. Incremental Value of Imaging Structure and Function

    • Dominique Delbeke
    Pages 17-26

  4. The Technologist’s Perspective

    • Bernadette F. Cronin
    Pages 27-40

  5. Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in PET and PET/CT

    • Jocelyn E. C. Towson, Stefan Eberl
    Pages 41-62

  6. Artifacts and Normal Variants in Whole-Body PET and PET/CT Imaging

    • Gary J. R. Cook
    Pages 63-77

  7. PET Imaging in Brain Tumors

    • Terence Z. Wong, R. Edward Coleman
    Pages 79-87

  8. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Lung Cancer

    • Pierre Rigo, Roland Hustinx, Thierry Bury
    Pages 89-106

  9. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer

    • Val J. Lowe, Brendan C. Stack Jr., Trond V. Bogsrud
    Pages 107-124

  10. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Lymphoma

    • Guy H. M. Jerusalem, Roland Hustinx, Pierre Rigo
    Pages 125-145

  11. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Colorectal Cancer

    • Christiaan Schiepers, Peter E. Valk
    Pages 147-164

  12. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Esophageal and Gastric Cancers

    • Farrokh Dehdashti, Barry A. Siegel
    Pages 165-180

  13. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Tumors of the Pancreas and Liver

    • Dominique Delbeke, William H. Martin
    Pages 181-195

  14. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Breast Cancer

    • Richard L. Wahl
    Pages 197-215

  15. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Testicular and Gynecologic Cancers

    • Sharon F. Hain
    Pages 217-231

  16. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Melanoma

    • George M. Segall, Susan M. Swetter
    Pages 233-242

  17. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Urologic Tumors

    • Paul D. Shreve
    Pages 243-251

  18. PET and PET/CT in Sarcoma

    • Michael J. O’Doherty, Michael A. Smith
    Pages 253-267

  19. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Thyroid and Adrenal Diseases

    • I. Ross McDougall
    Pages 269-281

  20. PET and PET/CT Imaging in Multiple Myeloma, Solitary Plasmacytoma, MGUS, and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

    • Ronald C. Walker, Laurie B. Jones-Jackson, Erik Rasmussen, Marisa Miceli, Edgardo J. C. Angtuaco, Frits Van Rhee et al.
    Pages 283-302
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About this book

The use of positron emission tomography (PET) in clinical practice is key to the s- cessful management of many patients with a wide variety of diseases. Whereas in the 1980s and 1990s nuclear medicine physicians struggled to convince other doctors about the potential clinical value of PET, it is now a challenge to keep up with the requests of our clinical colleagues for the various applications of PET. In fact, in most cases the barriers are now related to reimbursement for a given PET procedure. At the time this foreword was written, many FDG/PET procedures are reimbursable, and the U.S. National PET Registry, which is about to be implemented, will allow FDG/PET imaging data to accumulate on rare tumors, while allowing for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement. The challenges are now shifting toward solving some of the limitations of FDG/PET through the use of next generation inst- mentation and newer tracers that hold the promise of improving on what is already a remarkable achievement with FDG/PET. It is my hope that there will in fact be an enormous growth of nuclear medicine driven by new imaging tracers that will fuel a growing number of clinical applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Northern California PET Imaging Center, Sacramento, USA

    Peter E. Valk

  • Positron Emission Tomography, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA

    Dominique Delbeke

  • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Dale L. Bailey

  • Cancer Imaging and Tracer Development Program, The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, USA

    David W. Townsend

  • Department of Radiological Sciences, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Clinical PET Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, UK

    Michael N. Maisey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Positron Emission Tomography

  • Book Subtitle: Clinical Practice

  • Editors: Peter E. Valk, Dominique Delbeke, Dale L. Bailey, David W. Townsend, Michael N. Maisey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-187-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-971-5Published: 26 April 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-981-9Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-187-7Published: 16 October 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 475

  • Topics: Nuclear Medicine, Imaging / Radiology, Oncology, Particle and Nuclear Physics

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