Overview
- A basic introduction to the subject with minimal explanation of the physics focusing on the images and their interpretation
- Illustrated throughout with 150 colour figures
- Easy-to-read chapters containing the salient facts about the common tumor types suitable for PET/CT scanning
- Familiarizes the reader with who should and, more importantly, who should not be scanned by discussing basic scanning parameters, to provide an insight to the vetting procedures
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PET/CT in Clinical Practice provides guidelines for appropriate use of PET/CT in lung, lymphoma, esophageal, colorectal, head/neck and melanoma, with reference also made to tumors of the male and female reproductive system. Concise, relevant and illustrated with many interesting PET/CT images, each chapter contains a summary of the appropriate staging system. The range of normal PET/CT appearances is outlined in chapter 9. The book focuses on FDG-PET/CT throughout, but chapter 10 makes reference to the future application of other positron emitters and gives a beginners guide to the physics of PET/CT.
Everyone from medical student to consultant oncologist will be touched by this modality and all will need to understand its strengths and weaknesses. The book is essential reading for all consultants and medical students in radiology, nuclear medicine and oncology.
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"... This book is concise, relevant, superbly illustrated, and useful for trainees and practitioners in radiology, nuclear medicine, and oncology."
(E. Edmund Kim, JNM 2008)
"This handbook comprises 10 easily read chapters. … would be useful to a wide range of professionals, from medical students to oncology consultants and to any health care professional with an interest in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Its easy reading style combined with a good depth of text will appeal to everyone from the PET novice to those with regular familiarity of PET-CT in clinical practice. … this book will be widely read. I would highly recommend this book!" (Dr Gerry Hanna, Oncology News, Vol. 3 (1), 2008)
"This handbook is well organized and is easy to read and use as a quick reference. The quality of the printing, paper, illustrations, and figures is excellent. … PET/CT in Clinical Practice is an excellent basic introduction for medical professionals who do not have a background in nuclear medicine. … This book is available at many outlets, including general booksellers, at a reasonable price. I would recommend this book to physicians and surgeons … and also to medical students and residents from many clinical disciplines." (Claudia G. Berman, Radiology, Vol. 249 (1), October, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: PET/CT in Clinical Practice
Authors: T. B. Lynch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-504-2
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-430-4Published: 02 April 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-504-2Published: 28 July 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 241
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology