The 3rd edition of this classic text - considered the standard in the field - reflects the latest advances in PET, SPECT, and oncology. Thoroughly updated to incorporate cutting-edge diagnostic techniques, it serves as a bedrock resource for physicians whose nuclear medicine practices include children and provides a vast amount of background material for residents in training. This revised and expanded volume retains the fundamental standard of excellence that earned its predecessors such a distinguished reputation. It has been thoroughly updated to incorporate cutting-edge diagnostic techniques. Pediatric Nuclear Medicine/PET, Third Edition is an indispensable resource for physicians whose practices include children and provides a vast amount of background material for residents in training.

Klappentext

Upon its initial publication, Pediatric Nuclear Medicine emerged as the standard text in its field. Now in its third edition, this book has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate the most cutting-edge developments in pediatric nuclear medicine. Additions to the text reflect the latest advances in PET, SPECT, and oncology while still retaining the fundamentals that anchor its distinguished reputation. Pediatric Nuclear Medicine, Third Edition, is an excellent resource for residents in training, as well as any physician whose nuclear medicine practice includes children.
Updates to the third edition include:
-Discussions and examples of PET in pediatric oncology, neurology, and cardiology
-A thoroughly updated chapter on SPECT, including its latest applications
-Consolidated and revised chapters on brain imaging and bone disorders
-Expanded coverage of oncologic imaging

Zusammenfassung

Pediatric Nuclear Medicine has emerged as the standard text in the field. This timely new edition reflects the latest advances in PET, SPECT, and oncology. It has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate cutting-edge diagnostic techniques. The third edition serves as an excellent resource for physicians whose nuclear medicine practices include children and provides a vast amount of background material for residents in training.

Strategically expanded throughout, the third edition features:

• Discussions and examples of PET in pediatric oncology, neurology, and cardiology

• A revamped chapter on SPECT

• Explanations of the latest applications of SPECT

• Presentation of comparative studies with MRI and CT, including image registration and fusion among MRI/SPECT, MRI/PET, SPECT/PET, SPECT/CT, and PET/CT

• Revised sections on the cardiovascular system, the genitourinary system, neuroblastoma, scrotal scintigraphy, and thyroid diseases

• Expanded coverage of oncology

Inhalt
Central Nervous System.- Thyroid.- Calculation of Administered Doses of Iodine-131 in the Treatment of Thyroid Disease.- Lungs.- Cardiovascular System.- Gastroesophageal Reflux, Gastric Emptying, Esophageal Transit, and Pulmonary Aspiration.- Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Liver and Spleen.- Kidneys.- Vesicoureteral Reflux.- Calculation of Glomerular Filtration Rate.- Bone.- Pediatric Oncology.- Infection and Inflammation.- Magnification.- Single Positron Emission Computed Tomography.- Positron Emission Tomography.- Radiation Risk.- Internal Dosimetry.