Principles and Practice of PET/CT

The definitive text by the foremost authorities on positron emission tomography (PET) has now been thoroughly revised to reflect the major alterations in PET technology and practice since the introduction of PET/CT scanners. Now titled Principles and Practice of PET and PET/CT, this Second Edition includes many PET/CT images and new chapters dealing with CT scanning and PET/CT image fusion. The major focus is on strategies to optimally integrate CT and PET to a "one-stop" diagnosis for cancer, heart disease, neurologic disorders, psychiatric disorders, infection, inflammation, and other conditions.


Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Production of Radionuclides for PET

Chapter 2: Radiotracer Chemistry

Chapter 3: PET Physics and PET Instrumentation

Chapter 4: Fundamentals of CT in PET/CT

Chapter 5: Data Analysis and Image Processing

Chapter 6: Standardized Uptake Values

Chapter 7: Image Fusion

Chapter 8: Oncologic Applications

Principles of Cancer Imaging with FDG PET/CT
How to Optimize CT for PET/CT
Artifacts and Normal Variants in PET
Monitoring Response to Treatment
PET and PET/CT in Radiation Oncology
Central Nervous System
Use of PET and PET/CT in the Evaluation of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Imaging
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma and Myeloma
PET and PET/CT of Malignant Melanoma
PET in Breast Cancers
Esophagus
Applications for Fluorodeoxyglucose PET and PET/CT in the Evaluation of Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma
Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Cancers
Cervical and Uterine Cancer
PET and PET/CT in Ovarian Cancer
Genitourinary Malignancies
Sarcomas
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
PET and PET/CT Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Including Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes
Pediatrics
Hypoxia Imaging
Newer Tracers for Cancer Imaging
Chapter 9: Neurologic Applications

Movement Disorders, Stroke and Epilepsy
Fluorodeoxyglucose PET Imaging of Dementia: Principles and Clinical Applications
Chapter 10: Psychiatric Disorders

Chapter 11: Cardiac Applications

Evaluation of Myocardial Perfusion
Myocardial Viability
Oxidative Metabolism and Cardiac Efficiency
Myocardial Neurotransmitter Imaging
Chapter 12: PET/CT Imaging of Infection and Inflammation

Chapter 13: PET and Drug Development

Chapter 14: Emerging Opportunities

Imaging Gene Expression
The Kidneys
Imaging the Neovasculature
Progress in Amyloid Imaging: Five Years of Progress
Chapter 15: PET Imaging as a Biomarker

Index