This book meets the needs of practicing radiologists by offering a practical, unified approach to PET-CT. It details how to effectively apply PET-CT in patient management. Clinical topics include PET-CT of thoracic malignancies, melanoma, and breast cancer.

This book is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing radiologists. Chapters are written by radiologists who appreciate and understand both PET and CT. The emphasis on an integrated understanding of PET-CT as a combined modality is reflected throughout, especially in discussions of physics, scanning protocols, and image interpretation. Incorporated into this sensible approach is a regard for how to effectively apply PET-CT in patient management. Radiologists will learn how to provide oncologists with the information they need. Clinical topics include PET-CT of thoracic malignancies, melanoma, and breast cancer. Fundamental concepts, such as the role of imaging diagnosis in disease management, are reinforced in each clinical chapter. With its practical, unified approach to PET-CT, this comprehensive book is an unparalleled resource for practicing radiologists and residents. Logical organization and a wealth of illustrations supplement the text's user-friendly appeal.

Distinguishes itself from the competition because it is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing radiologists The text approaches PET-CT as a true combined modality Chapters are written by radiologists who appreciate and understand both PET and CT, rather than by academic nuclear medicine specialists who segment the subject by focusing on one modality without consideration for the other Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt

Introduction.- PET-CT Physics.- PET-CT Scanning Protocols.- Patient Preparation and Practical Issues in PET-CT Scanning and Interpretation.- Principals of the Imaging Diagnosis and Staging of Cancer.- Principals of the Imaging Diagnosis of Cancer Response to Therapy.- PET-CT of Head and Neck Cancer.- PET-CT of Thoracic Malignancies.- PET-CT of Gastrointestinal Malignancies.- PET-CT of Genitourinary Malignancies.- PET-CT of Lymphoproliferative Disorders.- PET-CT of Melanoma.- PET-CT of Connective Tissue Malignancies and Osseous Metastatic Disease.- PET-CT of Breast Cancer.