Overview
- Comprehensively covers patient preparation, image acquisition, and image interpretation in PET/CT and PET/MR of melanoma and sarcoma
- Presents both the surgeon’s and oncologist’s view of to give imaging specialists a more complete understanding of melanoma and sarcoma
- Covers biologic and physical underpinnings of PET with FDG and other novel radiotracers
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About this book
This is a comprehensive guide for patient preparation, image acquisition, and image interpretation for PET/CT and PET/MR, specifically relevant to melanoma and sarcoma. Imaging specialists and referring physicians are often not as intimately aware of the particulars of PET imaging in management of patients with melanoma and sarcoma and how it could affect their treatment. This book fills that gap by presenting comprehensive information on melanoma, sarcoma, and the role of PET imaging in their diagnosis and management.
The book begins by covering the basics of imaging for practicing physicians and trainees. Expert authors then further cover the biological concepts of melanoma and sarcoma and how they relate to imaging, particularly PET, the oncologist’s perspective, and the surgeon’s perspective on imaging for both the imaging specialist and the referring physician. Chapters review topics such as: PET/CT and PET/MR images in melanoma and sarcoma from a systemic approach, false-positives, false-negatives, pitfalls, and molecular imaging beyond PET. Images are used extensively throughout to enhance understanding for the reader. This is an ideal guide for radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, oncologists, surgeons, trainees and technologists.Similar content being viewed by others
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Amir H. Khandani is a tenured Associate Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics (Mit) in the Department of Radiology at the at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill. He received his medical training (MD) at the University of Cologne in Germany. He also completed his doctoral thesis at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Cologne and hold the German academic title “Dr. med.”. He completed his internship at Elisabeth Hospital/West German Cancer Center in Recklinghausen and received his nuclear medicine residency training at the University Hospitals in Cologne and Erlangen. He is board certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM) as well as German Board of Nuclear Medicine.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: PET/CT and PET/MR in Melanoma and Sarcoma
Editors: Amir H. Khandani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60429-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60428-8Published: 12 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60431-8Published: 13 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60429-5Published: 11 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 249
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 167 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Oncology